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she lived on a curve in the road in an old tar paper shack
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on the south side of the town on the wrong side of the tracks
CG
sometimes on the way into town we say
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mama can we stop and give her a ride
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sometimes we did but her hands flew from her side
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wild eyed...crazy...Mary
[Verse 2]
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down a long dirt road past the Parson's place
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their old blue car we used to race
CGF
a little country store, with a sign tacked to the side
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said no L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G allowed
AmF
underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd
[Chorus]
AmGFG
take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around, pass it a
AmGFG
take a bottle, drink it down, pass it a, pass it a, pass it around
[Bridge 1]
A
one night the thunder cracked, mercy backed outside her windowsill
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dreamed I was flying high, above the trees, over the hills
A
looked down into the house of Mary
ED
bare bulb on, newspaper covered walls
A
and Mary rising up, above it all
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ah...... ah......
[Verse 3]
Am
next morning on the way into town
F
we saw some skid marks and followed them around
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over the curb, through the fields, into the house of Mary
[Bridge 2]
GF
that what you fear the most will meet you half way
GF
that what you fear the most will meet you half way
[Chorus]
AmGFG
take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around, pass it a
AmGFG
take a bottle, drink it down, pass it a, pass it a, pass it around
[Outro]
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Eddie
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