| D |
| D | G | A7 | D | |
| Well, your rail | roadgate, | you know I | just can't jump | it. |
| G | D | A7 | |
| Sometimes it gets | so hard, you see | . |
| D | G | A7 | D | Bm | |
| I'm just | sitting here | beating on | my trumpet | , |
| F#m | A7 | |
| with | all these promises you left for | me. |
| G | A7 | D | |
| But where | are you tonight | , sweet Marie | ? |
| D | G | A7 | D | |
| Well, I w | aited for you | when I | was half | sick. |
| G | D | A7 | |
| Yes I w | aited for you w | hen you hated | me. |
| D | G | A7 | D | Bm | |
| Well, I w | aited for you | inside of the | frozen tra | ffic |
| F#m | A7 | |
| When you | knew I had some other place to be | . |
| G | A7 | D | |
| Now, where | are you tonight | , sweet Marie | ? |
| Bb | D | |
| Well, | anybody can be just like | me, obviously, |
| Bb | D | A7 | |
| But t | hen, now again, not too many can be like you | , fortunately. |
| D | G | A7 | D | |
| Well, six white h | orses | that you d | id prom | ise me |
| G | D | A7 | |
| Where | finaly delivered down | to the penitentia | ry. |
| D | G | A7 | D | Bm | |
| But to | live outside the | law, you mus | t be hon | est. |
| F#m | A7 | |
| I | know you always say that you agree, |
| G | A7 | D | |
| But w | here are you tonight | , sweet Marie | ? |
| D | G | A7 | D | |
| Now, I been in | jail | when | all my mail | showed |
| G | D | A7 | |
| That a | man can't give his address | out to bad compa | ny, |
| D | G | A7 | D | Bm | |
| And now I | stand here l | ookin' at your | yellow rail | road |
| F#m | A7 | |
| In the | ruins of your balcony, |
| G | A7 | D | |
| Wond'ring where | are you tonight, | sweet Marie | ? |
| Bb | D | |
| Well I don't | know how it happened,But the riverboat captain, | he knows my fate |
| Bb | D | A7 | |
| But | ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just | gonna have to wait. |
| D | G | A7 | D | |
| Well, I got the | fever | down | in my pock | ets, |
| G | D | A7 | |
| The | Persian drunk | ard, he follows | me. |
| D | G | A7 | D | Bm | |
| Yes, I can t | ake him to your | house, but I | can't unlock | it. |
| F#m | A7 | |
| You | see, you forgot to leave me with the key. |
| G | A7 | D | |
| Oh, | where are you tonight | , sweet Marie | ? |
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