INTRO: (Bass run, Eb, Bb, G#) repeat
VERSE:1
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My Maria, don't you know I've come a long, long way. I've been longin'
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to see her, when she's around, she takes my blues away. Sweet Maria,
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little sunlight surely hurts my eyes. I'm a lonely dreamer on a highway
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in the sky.
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Maria-- (Oh Maria, I love you girl. Oh my Maria). Maria-- (Oh Maria, I
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love you girl. Maria I love you.)
VERSE:2
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My Maria, there was some blue and sorrowed times. Just my thoughts about
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you, bring back, my peace of mind. Gypsy Lady, your a miracle work for
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me. You set my soul free, like a ship sailing on the sea.
BRIDGE:
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She is the sunlight, when the, skies are grey. She treats me so right.
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Lady, take me away.
CHORUS:
SOLO: (like chorus)