Intro: C F C F
C F
Mary was married with children
C F
Had the perfect suburban life
C G Am
Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam
F G
And confessed all his sins in one night
C F
Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid
C F
Said she made him free reckless and young
C G Am
When he was through, what else could she do
F G C
She just let that pony run
F G C
'Cause you do what you gotta do
F G C
And you know what you know
F G C Am
You hang on till you can't hang on
F G
Then you learn to let go
F G C
And you get what you need sometimes
G Am C F
When it's all said and done
G C Am
You do what you gotta do
F G C F C F
Then you let that pony run
C F
Mary moved to West Virginia
C F
After the shock wore off
C G Am
She got a divorce and a chestnut horse
F G
And a barn with an old hayloft
C F
Sometimes she rides down by the river
C F
Says it makes her feel reckless and young
C G Am
She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight
F G C
And she lets that pony run
~Chorus~
F G C
'Cause you do what you gotta do
F G C
And you know what you know
F G C Am
You hang on till you can't hang on
F G
Then you learn to let go
F G C
And you get what you need sometimes
G Am C F
When it's all said and done
G C Am
You do what you gotta do
F G C
Then you let that pony run
F G C.....F C F C
Let that pony run