Take A Message To Mary Ukulele tab

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These are the words of a frontier lad 
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Who lost his love when he turned ba-ad 
 
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Take a message to Mary but don?t tell ?er where I am 
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Take a message to Mary but don?t say I?m in a jam 
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You can tell her I had to see the world or tell ?er that my ship set sail 
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You can say she better not wait for me but don?t tell her I?m in jail 
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Oh, don?t tell her I?m in jail 
 
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Take a message to Mary but don?t tell ?er what I?ve done 
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Please don?t mention the stagecoach and the shot from a careless gun 
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You can tell her I had to change my plans and cancel out the wedding day 
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But please don?t mention my lonely cell where I?m gonna pine away 
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Until my dying day 
 
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Take a message to Mary but don?t tell ?er all you know 
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My heart?s achin? for Mary, Lord knows I miss her so 
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Just tell her I went to Timbuktu, tell her I?m searchin? for gold 
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You can say she better find someone new to cherish and to hold 
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Oh, Lord, this cell is cold 
 
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Ma-ary, Ma-a-a-a-ary 
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Oh, Lord this cell is cold  
 
 
 
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