Intro - D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2
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It was a fine day in the fifth grade
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when Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school
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he had her books in hand and he was listening to every word she said
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like it was the gospel of the prophecies
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and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress
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went home singing who wrote the book of love
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and try a little tenderness
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the next day on the playground
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bobby sat Mary down on the swingset behind the sandbox
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and she said, Bobby i just wanna play
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so what is it you have to say?
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He said, mary, marry me.
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we could live out by the sea
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like they do on the movie screen.
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oh, marry me, mary may, before you go back to play
D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2
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It was graduation day.
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They were waiting on a plane to take Mary away.
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Said, "There's nothing left for me here but you.
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Bobby, I hope that you can find yourself through.
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There's so much that I wish to know,
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and I have to do this on my own
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and I hope that you can understand.
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Bobby, write me when you can.
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He said, "Take my high school ring,
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so time to time now you can think of me
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and there's just one more thing before you leave..."
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He said, mary, marry me.
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we could live out by the sea
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like they do on the movie screen.
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oh, marry me, mary may, before you up and fly away
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D - G - G/F# - Em7 (keep strumming Em7 for A couple more beats)
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There's so much time has passed since that day
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and Mary stopped writing years ago
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and Bobby never took his music on the road.
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Guess he never really gave up hope.
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Now Mary she's got everything she thought she wanted
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got a Ph.D., she is an independent business woman
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climbing up the corporate ladder
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though it really don't seem to matter,
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she is lonely beyond belief.
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So one day she went home
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looking for the only love she'd ever known.
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She found him once again,
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playing a circuit at the Holiday Inn,
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still singing the song about the one he lost
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long ago.
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Just goes to show, you never know.
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She took his hand in hers
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not everything she had planned and rehearsed.
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She said, "Bobby, marry me.
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We could live in a apartment building with a window view.
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We could take in movies on the weekend
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while planning our vacation.
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Take a honeymoon by the sea.
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Oh Bobby, won't you just marry me?
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Won't you just marry me?
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Oh please, marry me."
D - G - G/F# - Em7 (keep strumming Em7 for A couple more beats)
D G G/F# Em7
It was a fine day in the fifth grade
D G G/F# Em7
when Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school