ACTIVITY
Margaret
'MARGARET'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by Jason Leonard
Chords:
D A A5
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Intro: 0:00- 0:08
* Bass & drums *
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Guitar enters: 0:09- 0:25
A5 D A5
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Verse: 0:26- 0:58
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret came to me was all he said
A5 D A5
before she knew my name she was in my bed
A5 D A5
she was only sweet sixteen
A5 D A5
20,000 days younger than me
Pre-chorus: 0:59- 1:31
D A5
"Marry me" she said I don't reply
D A5
"Daddy said you better, or you'll die"
D A5
she wants a house and fifteen kids I guess she does my love
D A5
and I can't find a state we're legal in
Chorus: 1:32- 1:57
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
Verse: 1:58- 2:30
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret feels the world beneath her feet
A5 D A5
shaking like a leaf falls from the tree
A5 D A5
she don't care he's ten years older than me
A5 D A5
as long as they're together happily, who says they will
Pre-chorus: 2:31- 3:03
D A5
"Marry me" she said I don't reply
D A5
"Daddy said you better, or you'll die"
D A5
she wants a house and fifteen kids I guess she does my love
D A5
and I can't find a state we're legal in
Chorus: 3:04- end
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
She was only, sweet sixteen
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.
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