MY MARIA  by B.W. Stevenson

 

 

INTRO:   (Bass run, E, B, A) repeat

 

         E B A A           E B A A A

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A--0h2-----------0h2-0--------

E--------0-------------4---0--

 

     E  B A                      E      B          A                 

My Maria,  don't you know I have come a long, long way.

E         B          A

I’ve been longin’ to see her,

           E                    B      A

When she's around, she takes my blues away.

        E   B A             E       B        A

Sweet Maria,    the sunlight surely hurts my eyes.

E     B      A            E       B      A

I'm a lonely dreamer on a highway in the sky.

 

 

E    B      A         E         A  B     E          

Oh Maria, I love you, love you. Oh my Maria.

Mariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaa

 

E    B      A         E            A   B      E    

Oh Maria, I love you, love you. Maria, I love you.

Mariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Maria, I love you.

 

Opening Riff.

 

     E  B A                E        B        A           

My Maria,   there was some blue and sorrowed times.

E       B        A                     E   B        A   

Just my thoughts about you, bring back… my peace of mind.

      E   B A          E       B        A 

Gypsy Lady,   you’re a miracle work for me.

E   B      A                 E            B      A 

You set my soul free, like a ship sailing on the sea.

 

B          A                  E      B   A    B              A

She is the sunlight, when the, skies are grey. She treats me so right.

     E        B A    E  B  A

Lady, take me away.

 

E    B      A         E         A  B     E          

Oh Maria, I love you, love you. Oh my Maria.

Mariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaa

 

E    B      A         E            A   B      E    

Oh Maria, I love you, love you. Maria, I love you.

Mariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Maria, I love you.