Dec82023

Amble – Marys Pub Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG C D

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[Intro]
G G C D
G G C D

[Verse 1]
    G
She put it right between
               C
my lips and I bit
down with the light
      G
And I asked her had she
                  C
anything and she handed
 me a light
    G
And with that light
 I took a drag and
   C
 I watched
 the world go by
G
You were mine and
I was yours and our
  D             G
 limit was the sky

[Chorus]
G        C
  And we watched,
             G
the time go by
Well I told her
ask me anything,
         D
 and she asked
me how to cry
    G
And when I think of you
           C
 I know forever I will be
G
Happy as the fool because
   D             G
 together we are free

[Verse 2]
        G
Well we cantered on by
                  C
the statue where once
Phil Lynott stood
    G
Met by a __ being hoisted
 C
outside Mary's Pub
     G
He'd never seen the like
          C
 before a rare seemed so daft
    G
The couples were lit up
          D
 by the enchantment
         G
 of your laugh

[Chorus]
G        C
  And we watched,
             G
the time go by
Well I told her
 ask me anything,
          D
 and she asked me
how to cry
    G
And when I think of you
           C
I know forever I will be
G
Happy as the fool because
   D             G
 together we are free

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[Verse 3]
        G
Well we watched
 the buskers
                C
 play a tune on lower
Grafton Street
      G
And I tried to grab your
              C
 finger but I wasn't
so discrete
    G
You smiled,
 embraced my hand
               C
 and pulled me into
some old bar
   G
We drank a drop and
 we twirled and talked
 D                  G
 about our lives so far

[Chorus]
G        C
  And we watched,
             G
 the time go by
Well I told her
 ask me anything
          D
and she asked me how to cry
    G
And when I think of you
           C
 I know forever I will be
G
Happy as the fool because
    D             G
 together we are free

[Verse 4]
   G
He swallowed down his last
            C
 drop and began to
feel the heat
       G
And he gestured to
                    C
the barman that it was
his time to leave
       G
With a cap upon his head
               C
 he thought of home
 in Skibbereen
   G
He said you were the finest
                 D
 couple that his eyes
          G
 had ever seen

[Chorus]
G        C
  And we watched,
             G
 the time go by
Well I told her
ask me anything,
         D
 and she asked me how to cry
    G
And when I think of
               C
 you I know forever
I will be
G
Happy as the fool because
    D             G
together we are free

[Bridge]
G C
G C
G C
G D G

[Verse 5]
G
As she boards her plane
              C
back to her home in Amsterdam
       G
She'll study for the year
           C
before returning to our land
    G
She said she loves a man
            C
and he is stationed far away
     G
With him her precious
                  D
love she says forever
          G
 it will stay

[Chorus]
G        C
  And we watched,
             G
the time go by
Well I told her
 ask me anything,
          D
and she asked me how to cry
    G
And when I think of you
           C
I know forever I will be
G
Happy as the fool because
    D             G
 together we are free

[Outro]
G C
G C
G C
G D G

How to play Marys Pub: key, chords and progression

These are Marys Pub chords by Amble on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Marys Pub by Amble keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 3 chords: G, C and D.

The backbone of the song is D – G – C – G (V – I – IV – I in G major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.