Intro
[Eb] [E] [F] 4x
Verse 1
[C] [Bb] [F]
After all the jacks are in their boxes
[C] [Bb] [F]
And the clowns have all gone to bed
[C] [Bb] [F]
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
[G] [Bb]
Footprints dress in red
[Eb] [E] [F]
Chorus
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
And the wind whispers Mary
Verse 2
[C] [Bb] [F]
A broom is drearily sweeping
[C] [Bb] [F]
Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life
[C] [Bb] [F]
Somewhere a Queen is weeping
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
Somewhere a King has no wife
Chorus
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
And the wind cries Mary
Verse 3
[C] [Bb] [F]
The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow
[C] [Bb] [F]
Shine their emptiness down on my bed
[C] [Bb] [F]
The tiny island that sags downstream
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
'Cos the life that they lived is dead
Chorus
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
And the wind screams Mary
[Guitar Solo]
[Eb] [E] [F] 4x
Verse 4
[C] [Bb] [F]
Will the wind ever remember?
[C] [Bb] [F]
The names it has blown in the past
[C] [Bb] [F]
With this crutch, it's old age it's wisdom
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."
Chorus
[G] [Bb] [Eb] [E] [F]
And the wind cries Mary!
