Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Kindness Of Strangers (Guitar)
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C Am They found mary bellows cuffed to the bed Dm G With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am She’d grown up hungry, she’d grown up poor Dm G She left her home in arkansas F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am She wanted to see the deep blue sea Dm G She travelled across tennessee F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am She met a man along the way Dm G He introduced himself as richard slade F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am Poor mary thought that she might die Dm G When she saw the ocean for the first time F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am She checked into a cheap little place Dm G Richard slade carried in her old suitcase F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am I’m a good girl, sir, she said to him Dm G I couldn’t possibly permit you in F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye Dm G And turned away without goodbye F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am She sat on her bed and thought of home Dm G With the sea breeze whistling all alone F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor Dm G And undid the latch on the front door F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am They found her the next day cuffed to the bed Dm G A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head F G C G O poor mary bellows C Am So mothers keep your girls at home Dm G Don’t let them journey all alone C Am Tell them this world is full of danger Dm G And to shun the company of strangers F G C G O poor mary bellows F G C G O poor mary bellows