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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Take a Message to Mary</h1>
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  16 <p>Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant<br />
  17 Released by Bob Dylan on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Self Portrait</a> (1970)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22 <pre class="verse">
  23 C
  24
  25                          Em
  26 These are the words of a frontier lad
  27     Am                 G
  28 Who lost his love when he turned bad.
  29
  30 C . G . |F . C . |Am . . . |. . . . |C . G . |C . . .
  31
  32 C
  33  Take a message to Mary
  34     F              G       C
  35 But don't tell her where I am
  36
  37 Take a message to Mary
  38     F             G       C
  39 But don't say I'm in a jam.
  40 </pre>
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  42 <pre class="refrain">
  43         Am                     Em
  44 You can tell her that I had to see the world
  45 Am               D        G
  46 Tell her that my ship set sail
  47         C         G          F        C
  48 You can say she'd better not wait for me
  49     Am                 /g Am
  50 But don't tell her I'm in jail
  51    C              G      C
  52 Oh don't tell her I'm in jail.
  53 </pre>
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  55 <pre class="verse">
  56 Take a message to Mary
  57 But don't tell her what I've done
  58 Please don't mention the stagecoach
  59 An' the shot from a careless gun.
  60 </pre>
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  62 <pre class="refrain">
  63 You can tell her that I changed my plans
  64 An' cancel out the weddin' day
  65 But don't mention my lonely cell
  66 Where I'm gonna pine away
  67 Until my dyin' day.
  68 </pre>
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  70 <pre class="verse">
  71 Take a message to Mary
  72 But don't tell all you know
  73 My heart is achin' for Mary
  74 Lord knows I miss her so.
  75 </pre>
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  77 <pre class="refrain">
  78 Just tell her that I went to Timbuktu
  79 Tell that I'm searchin' for gold
  80 You can say she'd better find someone new
  81 To cherish an' to hold
  82 Oh Lord, this cell is cold.
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