C Am G F C Am G F C Am G F C Am G F
C Am F
My name is Mary Magdalene
G C F G
I come from Palestine
C Am F
Please excuse these rags I'm in
G C
But I've fallen on hard times but
F G F C Dm F G F G
Long ago I had my work When I was in prime
C Am F
But I gave it up and all for love
G C
It was his career or mine
Am G F C
Jesus loved me this I know
F Am Dm G
Why on earth did I ever let him go
Am G
He was always faithful
F C
He was always kind
F Dm G C C Am G F C Am G F
But he walked off with this heart of mine
C Am F
A love like this comes but once
G C F G
This I do believe
C Am F
And I'll not see his like again
G C
As I live and breathe and
F G F C
I'm sorry if I might offend
Dm F G F G
But I will never see
C Am F
How the tenderness I shared with him
G C
Became a heresy
Am G F C
Jesus loved me this I know
F Am Dm G
Why on earth did I ever let him go
Am G
He was always faithful
F C
He was always kind
F Dm G C
But he walked off with this heart of mine
C Am G F C Am G F
C Am F G C F G
I remember nights we spent Whispering our creed
C Am F
Our rituals our sacrament
G C F G F C
The stars our canopy There beneath an olive tree
Dm F G F G
We'd offer up our plea
C Am F
God's creation innocent
G C
His arms surrounding me
Am G F C
Jesus loved me this I know
F Am Dm G
Why on earth did he ever have to go
Am G
He was always faithful
F C
He was always kind
F Dm G C
But he walked off with this heart of mine
Am G F C
He was always faithful he was always kind
F Dm G C C Am G F C Am G F G C
But he walked off with this heart of mine
From Cry Cry Cry
Razor & Tie Records 1998
Richard Shindell Music(ASCAP)