The Statler Brothers - So mary could make it home

^CFrom the first day school let out each summer ^FAll the k^Cids wo^Emuld come to ou^Cr backyard and^{G Am}We’d play^C ball ^Dand keep track^G of our home runs ^CAnd all the boy^Ems would do jus^Ct fine but ^FOne thing was n^Cever known ^FI s^F#macrificed my^G back lot aver^Aage ^EmSo ^GMary could m^Cake it home

^CSo Mary could make it home ^CSo Mary could ^Fmake it home ^FmI always hit t^Go the right fie^Alder’s mitt ^GSo Mary could ^Cmake it home

^CWell Mary was the first girl I ever knew ^FTo have a^C paper^Em route ^CI taught her h^Gow to fol^Amd em up a^Cnd how^D to throw em o^Gut ^CAnd I remember ^Ema thousand eve^Cnings ^FWhen the rain w^Could start to come ^FI’d^F#m finish the ^Gblock and get ^Asoaking wet ^EmSo ^GMary could m^Cake it home

^CSo Mary could make it home ^CSo Mary could ^Fmake it home ^FmWell my old Sc^Ghwin was a rust^Ay sin ^GSo Mary could ^Cmake it home

^CWell I held hands and carried books ^FLike all ^Cthe ot^Emher kids ^CBut I held and^G carried ^AmMary’s Mo^Cre tha^Dn anyone did ^{G C}And when Mary’s^Em Daddy said 11^C O’ Clock ^FIn that low cur^Cfew tone ^FWel^F#ml I missed t^Ghe ends of mor^Ae good movies ^EmSo ^GMary could m^Cake it home

^CSo Mary could make it home ^CSo Mary could ^Fmake it home ^FmI missed the e^Gnd of Gone With^A The Wind ^GSo Mary could ^Cmake it home

^CIt must have been fifteen years ^FSince we ^Chad se^Emen each other ^CBut a few mont^Ghs ago I ^Amran into ^CMary A^Dnd we had lunc^Gh together ^CWe laughed and ^Emtalked and the^Cn we cried ^FShe asked if I ^Cwould phone ^FI l^F#mied and said^G I better not ^{A Em}So ^GMary could m^Cake it home

^CSo Mary could make it home ^CSo Mary could ^Fmake it home ^FmNow the love w^Ge steal is shor^At but real ^GSo Mary can ma^Cke it home