Pretty Mary K Chords & Lyrics by Elliott Smith

Pretty Mary K

guitar chords lyrics

Elliott Smith

Pretty Mary K (other version) by Elliott Smith
Was released on "New Moon"

In my opinion, it sounds much better w/ fingerpicking than just strumming.

Bm A G D
Pretty Mary K walks along the dock

Bm A G D
with some sailor's pay shoved down in her sock.

D F#m C G D
Pretty Mary K, with some little boy in blue

D G Bm A D
Who can't stay away from you.


Bm A G D
Pretty Mary K took him back to town.

Bm A G
I'm down here by the bay,

D
where the water pounds.

D F#m C G D
Up against the wall, crying black and blue

D G Bm A D
Keeps me away from you.


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Bm Bb D
Pretty words that you whisper, (riff)

Bm Bb D
Maybe I misunderstood.

Bm Bb D C
G
Somebody's not paying attention when they promised and their word

Gm
Isn't good.


Bm A G D
Oh, Mary K, I can see your face.

Bm A G D
Down there in the waves, painted and erased.

D F#m
But I know it's just

C G D
a reflection of the moon,

D G Bm A D
A big fake resembling you.

(riff) (riff)
Bm Bb D Bm Bb
D
Gonna go down in the water, fill my mouth up full of sand.
(riff)
Bm Bb D C G
I'll be waiting still impatient with my dead imagination

G Gm
while you're with some other man.


Bm A G D
Pretty Mary K, off in somebody's room.

Bm A
I'm down here by the bay

G D
with my arm around the moon.

D F#m
But I'll be with you soon,

C G
just as soon as I've paid.

D G F#m A D
I walk across the water with Pretty Mary K.

D G Bm A D
Walk on the water with Pretty Mary K.


(Thanks for this song, Elliott.)