My Maria

	  		

INTRO:   (Bass run, D A G) repeat   

Verse 1:
    
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My Maria, don't you know I've come a long, long way. I've 
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been longin' 
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to see her, when she's around, she takes my blues away. Sweet 
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Maria, 
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little sunlight surely hurts my eyes. I'm a lonely dreamer on 
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a highway 
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in the sky.  
 


  
      D       A         G   D   G     A         D   
Maria-- (Oh Maria, I love you girl. Oh my Maria).  Maria-- 
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(Oh Maria, I 
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love you girl. Maria I love 
   D    (1st time end w/ intro lick  D A G 
you.) 



Verse 2:
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My Maria, there was some blue and sorrowed times. Just my 
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thoughts about 
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you, bring back, my peace of mind. Gypsy Lady, your a miracle 
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work for 
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me. You set my soul free, like a ship sailing on the 
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sea. 


Bridge:
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  She is the sunlight, when the, skies are grey. She treats 
      A              G 
me so right. 
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Lady, take me away. 
  

CHORUS: 

SOLO: (like chorus)