First Thing About Mary(Chords)

	        G                            F 
The first thing about Mary, I'll tell you 'cause you asked 
C                                    G 
She don't like when folks are always livin' in the past 
          G                                   F 
You know, talkin' 'bout the good old days and how things might've been 
   C                                         G         
If some folks had been different it might be better now for them 
                Am                           F       C             
That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have 


You see, when I met Mary Campbell, that's what her name was then 
It was a party in the woods with the fire in a garbage can 
And everyone stood and watched the embers risin' in the sky 
I was askin' 'bout the little girl with the big brown eyes 
But no one knew the first thing about Mary 


CHORUS: 
    C                                     G 
But I ain't worried about it none, I know it'll all be okay 
Am                  F              C 
She's gonna come on back to me someday 
       G                                   F 
'Cause he don't know the first thing about Mary 
C                               G 
She could never love a man that way 


You see, one thing about Mary is that she don't ever lie 
But she can tell if you are just by lookin' in your eyes 
And she'll say that she forgives you and you'll try to make amends 
But once her trust is gone she can't really give it back again 
That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have 


CHORUS 


BRIDGE: 
          Em                                G 
Pray that they don't dust your life for the little fingerprints 
          Am                                C 
I can't recall my life before her and there ain't been nothin' since 
    Em                                     G 
And they can raise great buildings full of stuff I'll never learn 
      F                             C 
But I understand the reason for the fire and how it burns 


You see, one thing about Mary not a lot of people know 
Is she can't stay in small towns if she thinks she needs to grow 
And you may think it's just a phase and she'll soon give in 
And she won't ever leave you boy, you better think again 
'Cause you can't throw a rope around my Mary 


CHORUS 

   G                                   F 
No he don't know the first thing about Mary 
C                               G 
She could never love a man that way
	        

Written by Bruce Robison