Mar162023

The Pete Best Band – Hello Mary Lou Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA Asus2 E D Dsus2 E7 C#C#m F#m F#m7 B A7 B7 Esus

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These are chords by The Pete Best Band on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
 A  Asus2* A  A  Asus2* A
 A  Asus2* A   A* (E)

[Chorus]
(E)        A             D
        Hello Mary Lou,
             Dsus2  D
  goodbye heart.
      A
Sweet Mary Lou I'm so
    Asus2     E  E7 E
in love with you
  A              C#
I knew Mary Lou..we'd
 C#m   F#m
never part,
F#m7      B      E7
So, Hell..o Mary Lou,
  E       A    D A  (E)
goodbye heart

[Verse 1]
    A                Asus2 A
You passed me by one sunny day,
D
flashed those big brown
 Dsus2   D
 eyes my way,
    A             A7
And ooo, I wanted you
    Asus2  E    E7   E
forever   more.
     A
Now, I'm not one that
 Asus2  A
gets  around,
  D             Dsus2
I swear my feet stuck
  D
  to the ground,
    A              E7
and though I never did
      E     A  D A
meet you before

[Chorus]
(E)        A
I said, Hello Mary Lou,
   D             Dsus2  D
     goodbye heart
      A            Asus2
Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in
           E  E7 E
love with you
  A              C#
I knew Mary Lou..we'd
 C#m   F#m
never part,
F#m7      B      E
So, Hell..o Mary Lou,
  E7      A    D A  (E)
 goodbye heart

[Instrumental]
  A      Asus2 A     D
    Dsus2    A
  Asus2      E    E7    E
  A      Asus2 A
  C#    C#m  F#m    F#m7 B7
   E      E7   A
 D     A (E)

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[Verse 2]
  A               Asus2      A
I saw your lips I heard your voice,
  D                Dsus2  D
believe me, I just had no choice
     A               Asus2
Wild horses couldn't make me
        E    E7  E
stay  away.
  A                       A
I thought about a moonlit night,
   D               Dsus2    D
my arms around you good and tight,
       A            E
that's all I had to see,
     E7    A  D A
for me to say

[Chorus]
(E)        A
I said, Hello Mary Lou,
  D             Dsus2  D
     goodbye heart
      A            Asus2
Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in
           E  E7 E
 love with you
  A              C#
I knew Mary Lou..we'd
 C#m   F#m
never part,
F#m7      B      E7
So, Hell..o Mary Lou,
  E       A    D A  (E)
 goodbye heart

[Outro]
         B7      E
Yeah, Hello Mary Lou,
          A     D  A  (E)
 goodbye heart
       B       E7
So, Hello Mary Lou,
          A       Esus* A*
 goodbye heart

How to play Hello Mary Lou: key, chords and progression

Hello Mary Lou by The Pete Best Band is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 14 chords: A, Asus2, E, D, Dsus2, E7, C#, C#m, F#m, F#m7, B and A7 and 2 more.

The backbone of the song is A – D – Dsus2 – D (I – IV – IVsus2 – IV in A major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – fah – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: on guitar, C#, C#m, F#m, F#m7 and B need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.