Mary Ellen Makes the Moment Count Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][D][Am][C][D]
[Am]
Mary [G]cries out, "for the

[Verse 1]
[D]
love of [Am]God"
As she's [C]walking out [D]of the
[Am]laundromat
[C]Down the street and it's
[D]the short way [Am]home
Feeling spe[C]cial cause she's [D]so alone

[Verse 2]
But [F]we know
[C](The world's full [D]of lonely
[A]peo[Am]ple)
And it [F]shows
[C](The world's full of [D]lonely
[A]people)
[Am]She shrugs [G]her coat off and un

[Verse 3]
[D]
locks [A]the door
[Am]Eats her [G]dinner on [D]the kitchen [Am]floor
Writes a [G]poem and turns the [D]radio [A]on
[Am]Every sing[G]er sings [D]the same old song

[Verse 4]
And [F]it goes:[C]
(The world's full [D]of lonely
[A]peo[G]ple)
[F]And it shows
[C](The world's full of [D]lonely
people)

[Verse 5]
But when we she [Am]wanted me to go
She just [E]had to let it [G]show[F]
To [Em]bring [E]me down if she
[Am]wanted me to leave
She just [E]wore it on her sleeve
[G]But [F]at [G]lea[Em]st,[E]

[Interlude 1]
I was around
[Am][C][D][Am][C][D]
[Am][C][D][Am][C][D]

[Verse 6]
But when we she [Am]wanted me to go
She just [E]had to let [G]it show[F]
To [Em]bring [E]me down if she
[Am]wanted me to leave
She just [E]wore it on her [G]sleeve[F][G]
At [E]least, I was around

[Verse 7]
[Am]Mary Ellen [D]makes the moment [A]count
[Am]As she's looking t[Em]hrough
old [D]photographs[A]
[Am]Pictures [C]taken from an [D]early [Am]age
Faces [C]look back at her [D]from
the page
[F]And they say
[C](The world's full of

[Verse 8]
[D]lonely
[A]peo[Am]ple)
[F]It's OK[C]
(The world's full [D]of lonely
[A]peo[Am]ple)
[F]It's OK
[C](The world's full of [D]lonely people)
But when we she [Am]wanted

[Verse 9]
me to go
She [A]just [E]had to let it [G]show[F]
To [Em]bring me [E]down if she
[Am]wanted me to leave
She just [E]wore it on her [G]sleeve[F][G]
[E]But at least, I [Am]was [E]arou[G]nd
I was [F]around[G][E]
I [Am]was[E]
[G]around
[F]I[C][G][E]
[Am][E][G]
[F][G][E]
[Am]
[E][G]
[F]was[G] ar[E]ound
[Am]

[Verse 10]
Mary [Am]Ellen makes the mo[D]ment count