Dear Marie

Paradise Valley • John Mayer
Tuning Standard
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Tab

The technique used to play each chord is the same as the one used in Stop This Train (also by John), the parts that are played differently are tabbed-out.

[Intro]

e|-------------------------------------|
B|------5-----------5-----------5------|
G|---6--------6-----------4------------| x4
D|------7--------7--7--------7-----7---|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|---5-----5-----------5---------------|


[Verse]

"Dear Marie, tell me what it was I used to be"

e|------------------|
B|---5---5-----10---|
G|---6---6h7---7----|
D|---7---7-----7----|
A|-------------9----|
E|---5---5----------|

"Oh Dear Marie, tell me what it was I used to be"

e|------------------|
B|---5---5-----10---|
G|---6---6h7---7----|
D|---7---7-----7----|
A|-------------9----|
E|---5---5----------|

"And if you are further up the road can you show me what I still can't see"

e|-----------------------|
B|---5---5-----12---10---|
G|---6---6h7---9----7----|
D|---7---7-----9----7----|
A|-------------11---9----|
E|---5---5---------------|


[Ending]

Switch to strumming

e|-------------|------------------|-------|
B|---5----10---|---5-----2---10---|---5---|
G|---6h7--7----|---6h7---2---7----|---6---|
D|---7----7----|---7-----4---7----|---7---|
A|--------9----|-------------9----|-------|
E|---5---------|---5-----2--------|---5---|
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Lyrics

[Verse]
Dear Marie, tell me what it was I used to be
Oh Dear Marie, tell me what it was I used to be
And if you’re further up the road, can you show me what I still can’t see?

[Verse]
Remember me, I’m the boy you used to love when we were fifteen
Remember me, I’m the boy you used to love when we were fifteen
Now I wonder what you think, when you see me on the magazine

[Verse]
From time to time, I go looking for your photograph online
From time to time, I go looking for your photograph online
Some county judge in Ohio is all I ever find

[Verse]
Dear Marie, tell me do you still believe in me?
Dear Marie, tell me do you still believe in me?
Well I’ve got my dream, but you’ve got a family
Yeah I’ve got that dream, but you’ve got yourself a family
Yeah I’ve got that dream, but I guess it got away from me