A
 Mary-Jaine says its alright, she's just around the 
corner from the main line
     A
 Any day now, its alright. She's standing on the 
precipice of big time
            A
 And I know I'm a little up tight. I got to go before 
the sun shine
                     A
 We're just a couple small people squeezing out a life.
 We need a little good time

                  F#m    E              D
 Its not far from here.  Mary comes and goes.  Drifting
 through the
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 scenery of shallow days below. And then as everybody 
knows you follow
 A
 trains out of town and they vanish somewhere under the
 horizon Yeah well I saw
       A
 Mary-Jaine drag her shadow down the tracks, stair of 
into the distance.

                  F#m     E            D
 Its not far from here.   Mary waves hello. Smiling 
though she's
 F#m            E              D
 sinking in the shallow days below
 Bm                    D          F#m
      I can't find the way out of here, out on the road
 again
     Bm               D            F#m
 I'm much much too concerned about Mary-Jaine. I'm all 
alone again and
 Bm                   D                     F#m
      I like what she said, but not what it means. She 
leaves me drowning through the
 Bm             D              F#m    E
 shallow days,    down below

                  A
 I know I heard a band playing waltzes in a grange 
hall, the sun is sinking lower
                      A
 People stair at Mary-Jaine humming softly to herself. 
Ain't nobody really knows her
         A
 And any day now its alright. She tells herself that 
this will be the last time
          A
 And Mary-Jaine pulls her hair back and wonders what 
she'll do with all the free time

                  F#m    E             D
 Not too far from here.  Mary turns to go. Smiling 
while the
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 waltz begins to dancin down the road, hey, hey
 Bm          D                 F#m
 Hey hey Mr. Freedom, what are we supposed to think?
             Bm        D              F#m
 Cause I'm a very tiny person, and it worries me, out 
all alone again and
 Bm                   D                    F#m
      I like what she said but not what it means, she 
leaves me drowning in the
 Bm            D                 F#m
 shallow days      way down below

                A                                     
 Hey, yeah yeah yeah...ooooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 
                    D
yeeah yeah yeah yeah
                A                                      
 I'm sorry. She said "I know, its not the kind of thing
               D
 you want. I'm falling, falling
                      A
 down" I'm sorry. She said "I know, I'm not the kind of
 girl you want We're
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 falling,   ooooooh
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 Falling,   oooooooooh
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 Falling,  falling down...