'Mary Ann Regrets' by Burl Ives - Guitar Tutorial

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I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers 
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For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours 
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Then today in the mail I received this short little note 
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And I broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote 
  
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Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again 
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We're leaving for Europe next week she'll be busy 'till then 
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They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plan 
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Goodbye good luck goodbye my sweet Mary Ann 
  
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The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then 
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In the papers I read of the far away places she's been 
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I can't eat I can't sleep for over and over again 
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My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann 
  
Repeat #2 
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My Mary Ann died they say she just wasted away 
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If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today 
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For we loved each other and if they had left us alone 
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Today she'd be wearing my ring not a blanket of stone 
 
Repeat #2