Intro: [G] [D] [Em] [C]

[G] The light shines [D] down the valley

[G] The wind blows [C] up the alley

[G] Oh but I wish I was

[D] Lying in the arms of [G] Mary [C7sus4] [Eb]

[G] She took the [D] pains of boyhood

[G] And turned them [C] into feel good

[G] Oh and I wish I was [D7] lying in the arms of [G] Mary

[G] Mary was the [Bm] girl who taught me all I [Em] had to know

She put me [C] right on the first mis[D7]take

Summer wasn't [Bm] gone I learned all she [Em] had to show

She really [C] gave all a boy could [D7] take

[G] So now when [D] I get lonely

[G] Still looking for the [C] one and only

[G] That's when I wish I was

[D] Lying in the arms of [G] Mary [C7sus4] [Eb]

Solo: [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G]

[G] Mary was the [Bm] girl who taught me all I [Em] had to know

She put me [C] right on the first mis[D7]take

Summer wasn't [Bm] gone I learned all she [Em] had to show

She really [C] gave all a boy could [D7] take [E7]

[A] The light shines [E7] down the valley

[A] The wind blows [D] up the alley

[A] Oh but I wish I was [E7] lying in the arms of [F#m] Mary

[D] Lying in the [E7] arms of [F#m] Mary

[D] Lying in the [E7] arms of [F#m] Mary

[D] Lying in the [E7] arms of [A] Mary