EVERLY BROTHERS: TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY (B. & F. Bryant) 4/4 - 120

|       |: Measure of 4-counts
|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Maesure

Intro:

             
THESE ARE THE 

          |./.
WORDS OF A FRO

              
NTIER LAD,  WH

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O LOST HIS LOV

E,

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WHEN HE TURNED

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 BA  -  D.

Verse-1:

d|2 - - -|2 - 

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  TAKE A MESSA

     |./.     
GE  TO MARY,  

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BUT DON’T TELL

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 HER WHERE I A

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M.

             
  TAKE A MESSA

      |./.    
GE  TO MARY,  

   |        
BUT DON’T SAY 

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I’M IN A JAM.

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YOU CAN TELL H

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ER  I HAD TO S

#
EE THE WORLD,

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OR TELL HER TH

           
AT MY SHIP SET

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 SAIL.

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YOU CAN SAY SH

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E BETTER NOT W

             
AIT FOR ME, BU

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T DON’T TELL H

         |./.
ER I’M IN JAIL

.

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OH DON’T TELL 

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HER I’M  IN JA

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IL.

Verse-2:

             
  TAKE A MESSA

      |./.    
GE  TO MARY,  

   |        
BUT DON’T TELL

              
 HER WHAT I’VE

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 DONE.

             
PLEASE DON’T M

          |./.
ENTION THE STA

              
GECOACH,  AND 

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THE SHOT FROM 

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A CARELESS GUN

.

       |   
YOU CAN TELL H

           |
ER I HAD TO CH

             
ANGE MY PLANS,

     |     
  AND CANCEL O

           
UT THE WEDDING

|
 DAY.

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BUT PLEASE DON

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’T MENTION MY 

            
LONELY CELL,  

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WHERE I’M GONN

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A PINE A-WAY.

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UN-TIL MY  DYI

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NG  DAY.

Verse-3:

             
  TAKE A MESSA

      |./.    
GE  TO MARY,  

   |        
BUT DON’T TELL

            |
 HER ALL YOU K

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NOW.

             
  MY HEART’S A

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CH-IN’ FOR MAR

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Y,  LORD KNOWS

           |
 I MISS HER SO

.

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JUST TELL HER 

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I WENT TO TIMB

      |    
UKTU,  TELL HE

           
R I’M SEARCHIN

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’ FOR GOLD.

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YOU CAN SAY SH

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E BETTER FIND 

            
SOMEONE NEW, T

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O CHERISH AND 

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TO HOLD.

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OH LORD, THIS 

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CELL  IS COLD.

Outro:

     |./.    
MA -   RY,    

|    |./.  
 MA -    RY,  

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 OH LORD  THIS

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  CELL  IS COL

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D.


Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
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