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Mean Mary - Sweet Jezebel CAPO: 4th Fret ## NOTE: Notes in parentheses( ) are single-note Bass Walk-Downs ## [Intro] Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) Em (G) [Verse 1] (F#) Em In Louisian’, where swamp is land (G)(F#) And cotton falls like snow
Where Emalligators slink, mosquitoes drink (G) And wild things love to grow (F#) Em It was past midnight, I had one headlight And my Amgas pedal on the floor I was Emtired of watching clocks and taking hard knocks And Amlocking my B7dreams in a Emdrawer
[Verse 2]
Up aEhead in the night, a deer took flight As Amwarm rain started to fall Heard mEmy tires squeal as I jerked the wheel And drove Amstraight into an B7oak tree Emwall
My head in a daze, I escaped through a maze
Of Ambusted steel and glass In Emsilk pantyhose with holes in the toes I started Amrunning through the B7tall wet Emgrass
[Chorus]
I saw a Chouse all alone, as B7bare as a bone Like Amsomeone had thrown it aEmway It Creeked of smoke and neB7glect That choked Ammemories of a better B7day I Amstood at the door, Dsoaked to my core And Emfeeling just a little insane When the Amdoor opened wide, a Cman stood inside And said, "B7Come in out of the rain" N.C. Em Said, "Come in out of the rain"
[Interlude] Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) [Verse 3]
His Emeyes were dark like the eyes of a shark (G)(F#) And his face was neither young nor old I Empaused for a beat before moving my feet (G) And crossing that wide threshold (F#) Em It was a summer night and a fire burned bright But I beAmgan to shiver and shake He gave meEm a coat of fur, a smile demure And a Amplate full of B7devil’s food Emcake
[Verse 4]
Oh, he sat Edown on a chair like a lion in his lair And Amlit up a thin cigar With an Emair of conceit, reached down by his feet And Ampicked up a B7red guiEmtar
He ran his hand down the strings like his fingers were wings
And a Amstrange silence fell He Emsaid, "This is my story, my life and my glory Oh, Amthis is my B7sweet EmJezebel"
[Chorus]
CJezebel was slim with B7ebony trim And IAm stared in wonder and Emawe Her Cneck was inlaid with B7pearl and jade And AmI couldn’t find one single B7flaw He Amstarted to play, and I Dstarted to pray As that Emfire burned hotter than hell And I could Amfeel a hole burning Cclear through my soul As I B7listened to sweet Jezebel N.C. C I listened to sweet Jezebel
[Instrumental] C F#dim7 D7/F# C F#dim7 C Em F#dim7 F Em F#dim7 Em C B7 Em [Verse 5] She sang about sin and places she’d been
And I Amfound myself lost in her spell Of Emmurder and lies, deceit and disguise Was the Amsong of, B7oh, sweet JezeEmbel
Like a siren of the sea, she sang it to me
And Ameach note was calling my name And the Emharder I fought, the closer I got To Amstanding in that B7red-hot Emflame
[Chorus]
A Cfaint morning glow, through a B7dusty window WashedAm over me like a Emflood And the Csong of a sparrow came B7straight as an arrow Through Amthat guitar, red as B7blood There was Amfear and surprise in those Dcold shark eyes As I Emreached for sweet Jezebel And the Amflames leapt higher as Cstraight in the fire I threw that B7guitar back to hell N.C. Em I threw that guitar back to hell
[Interlude] Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) Em (G)(F#) Em (G) [Verse 6] (F#) Em An unholy scream cut through my dream (G)(F#) And I woke with my head on the dash
My Emcar smelled of smoke from the rain that had choked (G)(F#) The fire that flamed from the crash I Emjumped from my seat, away from that heat And Amkneeled on that rain-soaked ground I Emprayed till I cried, till the fear in my died And on thatAm lonely B7road I was Emfound
[Verse 7] Oh, never again will I be taken in
By a Amstranger in the night I Emtake the path narrow and the song of a sparrow Leads me Amstraight into the B7arms of the Emlight But someAmtimes in the dark I see the Deyes of a shark And I’m Emlost in a dream for a spell BeAmfore I can wake, I eat Cdevil’s food cake And B7hear again, sweet Jezebel N.C. Em Hear again, sweet Jezebel
[Outro] C F#dim7 D7/F# C F#dim7 C D7/F# Em