Nanci Griffith – Theres A Light Beyond These Woods Mary Margaret (Guitar)

Capo 4 • Video Lesson
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For this transcription I used the Live On Austin City Limits performance. You get to see what chords she used. It reflects what she played and not what the others were doing. You can easily use this with the studio version. [Intro] G Cadd9 G Cadd9 [Verse 1]
            G                Cadd9        G         Cadd9
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.

        G                 Cadd9
Do you think that we will go there,

     G                             C/G       CMaj7/G   C/G
And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret?

CMaj7/G                            G                     Cadd9   G
         It's almost morning, and we've talked all night,

     D                            C/G
You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds,

G           Cadd9      G      Cadd9
You and I.
[Verse 2]
         G          Cadd9        G         Cadd9
Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret?

G              Cadd9         G
   His name is John, and he rides my bus to school,

       C/G       CMaj7/G   C/G
And he holds my hand.

     CMaj7/G     G           Cadd9   G
He's fourteen,       he's my older man.

     D
But we'll still be the best of friends,

    C/G                G              Cadd9      G      Cadd9
The three of us, Margaret, John, and I.
[Verse 3]
G             Cadd9           G         Cadd9
  Let's go to New York City, Margaret!

      G                 Cadd9
We'll hide out in the subways

     G
And drink the poets' wine, oh,

    C/G       CMaj7/G   C/G CMaj7/G        G       Cadd9   G
But I had John,             so you went and I stayed behind.

     D                            C/G
But you were home in time for the senior prom,

     G            Cadd9      G      Cadd9
When we lost John.
[Bridge 1]
    Bm                          C/G         CMaj7/G
The fantasies we plan, well I'm living them now.

Bm                                 C/G         CMaj7/G
    All the dreams we sang when we knew how,

             G
Well, they haven't changed.

          D                            C/G
There's never been two friends just like you and me,

      G           Cadd9      G      Cadd9
Mary Margaret.
[Verse 4]
      G                Cadd9          G         Cadd9
It's nice to see your family growing, Margaret.

      G                Cadd9        G
Your daughter and your husband here, they really treat you right

           C/G        CMaj7/G   C/G    CMaj7/G
But we've talked all night

          G            Cadd9   G
And what about the light,

      D                            C/G
That glowed beyond our woods when we were ten?

               G    Cadd9      G
You were the rambler then.
[Bridge 2]
    Bm                          C/G         CMaj7/G
The fantasies we plan, well I'm living them now.

Bm                                 C/G         CMaj7/G
    All the dreams we sang well we damn sure knew how,

          G
Well, I haven't changed.

          D                             C/G
There'll never be two friends just like you and me,

        G         Cadd9      G      Cadd9
Maggie, can't you see?
[Ending]
           G                  Cadd9        G
There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret
Chords Used: G = 320033 Cadd9 = x32033 C/G = 332010 CMaj7/G = 332000
D = xx0232
Bm = xx44322 or x24432
Notes: The "C/G" & "CMaj7/G" chords can be substituted with C (x32010) and CMaj7 (x32000).