[ Предположительная тональность: C ] C From the first day school let out each summer F C Em C G All the kids would come to our backyard and Am C D G We'd play ball and keep track of our home runs C Em C And all the boys would do just fine but F C One thing was never known F F#m G A I sacrificed my back lot average Em G C So Mary could make it home C So Mary could make it home C F So Mary could make it home Fm G A I always hit to the right fielder's mitt G C So Mary could make it home C Well Mary was the first girl I ever knew F C Em To have a paper route C G Am C D G I taught her how to fold em up and how to throw em out C Em C And I remember a thousand evenings F C When the rain would start to come F F#m G A I'd finish the block and get soaking wet Em G C So Mary could make it home C So Mary could make it home C F So Mary could make it home Fm G A Well my old Schwin was a rusty sin G C So Mary could make it home C Well I held hands and carried books F C Em Like all the other kids C G Am C D G But I held and carried Mary's More than anyone did C Em C And when Mary's Daddy said 11 O' Clock F C In that low curfew tone F F#m G A Well I missed the ends of more good movies Em G C So Mary could make it home C So Mary could make it home C F So Mary could make it home Fm G A I missed the end of Gone With The Wind G C So Mary could make it home C It must have been fifteen years F C Em Since we had seen each other C G Am C D G But a few months ago I ran into Mary And we had lunch together C Em C We laughed and talked and then we cried F C She asked if I would phone F F#m G A I lied and said I better not Em G C So Mary could make it home C So Mary could make it home C F So Mary could make it home Fm G A Now the love we steal is short but real G C So Mary can make it home