Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
#2 in UK & Europe, #9 in USA in '61. In USA it was the flip side
of Travelin' Man but it was the A-side in Europe.
Mary Lou was written by the great Gene Pitney.
Capo: 2
Chorus
[G] [C]
Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
[G] [D] [D7]
Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you.
[G] [B7] [Em]
I knew Mary Lou..we'd never part,
[A7] [D] [G] [C] [G]
So Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
Verse 1
[G] [G7]
You passed me by one sunny day,
[C] [A7b9]
flashed those big brown eyes my way,
[G] [D]
And ooh, I wanted you forever more.
[G] [G7]
Now I'm not one that gets around,
[C] [A7b9]
I swear my feet stuck to the ground,
[G] [D] [G] [C] [G]
and though I never did meet you before.
Chorus
[G] [C]
I said Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
[G] [D] [D7]
Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you.
[G] [B7] [Em]
I knew Mary Lou..we'd never part,
[A7] [D] [G] [C] [G]
So Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
Verse 2
[G] [G7]
I saw your lips, I heard your voice,
[C] [A7b9]
believe me, I just had no choice.
[G] [D]
Wild horses couldn't make me stay away.
[G] [G7]
I thought about a moonlit night,
[C] [A7b9]
my arms around you good and tight,
[G] [D] [G] [C] [G]
that's all I had to see for me to say...
Chorus
[G] [C]
Hey, hey, Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
[G] [D] [D7]
Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you.
[G] [B7] [Em]
I knew Mary Lou..we'd never part,
[A7] [D] [G] [C] [G]
So Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
[A7] [D] [G] [C] [G]
So Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
[A7] [D] [G] [C] [G]
Yes, Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart.
