Mary Skeffington Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][C][G][D][G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Mary [G]Skeffington,
close your eyes
And [D]make believe that you
are just a [G]girl again
Go to [F#]sleep to[G]night, dream of days
When [D]you had something there
to light the way.
[G]

[Verse 2]
Remem[A]ber a [B]holiday in a
[G]north-of-England [F#]town
town
[B]town[C][B]
[A]You slept in a [B]room upstairs
on a [F#]bed of eiderdown.
[C#][D]

[Verse 3]
[C#]Mary[D] Skeff[G]ington,
when you wake
You [D]mustn't be [C#]afraid
to face another [G]day
Think of what you have,
you'll [F#]get b[G]y
You've al[D]ways been a lady so
hold your head up high.
[G]

[Verse 4]
[A]Look back on a [C]home where you [B]spent the
be[G]st [F#]years of your [B]life[G]
[A]Remember the [B]man who asked you if
[G]you would [F#]be his wife.
[C#][D][C#]

[Verse 5]
[G]Mary [F#]Skeffington, close your eyes
And [D]make [C#]believe that you are
just [F#]a girl [F#]again
Go [F#]to sleep tonight,
[F#]dream of days[F#]
When [C#]you had something
there to light the way.
[G][F#]