From: shotokan@diku.dk (Kim H|glund)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: REQ: "Mary Long" - by Deep Purple (Tab, chords, lyrics, anything)
Date: 13 Nov 92 13:16:06 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

singh@julius.cs.uiuc.edu (Rajendra Singh) writes:
>I have a friend named Mary Long, so this song would be really great to
>know.  It sounds pretty simple, so if someone knows the chords or can
>help me even just get started, I'd really appreciate it.


			      MARY LONG			(Deep Purple)
			      =========

Intro:
	| Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |

Verse 1:
	| Gm         | Bb       |
	Mary Long is a hypocrite,
	C                              | Gm                |
	she does all the things that she tells us not to do.
	Gm                 | Bb        |
	Selling filth from a corner shop
	    C                      | C    Bb     Gm   |
	and knitting patterns to the high street queue.
	Gm                   | Bb                   |
	She paints roses, even makes them smell good,
	    C                           | Gm        |
	and then she draws titties on the khazi wall.
	Gm                   | Bb                    |
	Drowns kittens just to get a thrill and writes
	C             | C     Bb    Gm |
	sermons in the Sunday Chronicle.

Chorus:
	Eb        | Bb                | F C  Gm  | Gm |
	How did you lose your virginity Mary Long?
	Bb          | F                 | C7       | C7 | Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |
	When will you lose your stupidity Mary Long?

Verse 2:
	Mary told Johnny not to write such trash,
	said it was a waste of public money.
	She made a fuss, she made apologies,
	but everybody thought the show was funny.
	When the nation knew you had children
	it came as such a surprise.
	We really didn't know you had it in you.
	How you did it we can only surmise.

Chorus:
	How did you lose your virginity Mary Long?
	When will you lose your stupidity Mary Long?

Solo:
	| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 |
	  A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 | E7 | E7 | D7 | D7 |

Verse 3:
	Mary Long you're not alone,
	but you're a long way behind the times.
	What we do in full frontal view is more
	honest than your cleanup mind.
	What I'm saying Mary Long is
	when you can spare a minute,
	go find your friend the porny Lord,
	dig yourself a hole and jump in it.

Chorus:
	How did you lose your virginity Mary Long?
	When will you lose your stupidity Mary Long?

Chorus:
	How did you lose your virginity Mary Long?
	When will you lose your stupidity Mary Long?


The riff used in the introduction, at the end of each chorus, and at the
end of the song goes something like this (played with a slide):

	e -----------------------
	B -/8-6------------------
	G ------/7-5-3-5-3-------
	D -----------------3-3/5-
	A -----------------------
	E -----------------------

Anyway, thanks for your request -- it made me dust off my old Deep Purple
records which I had not heard for many years.  They really made some great
songs back then.  If there's any interest I could post chords and maybe a
little tab for several other Deep Purple tunes...

--Kim

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Kim H|glund,  shotokan@diku.dk,    CS Dept. at U of Copenhagen,  Denmark
"I've got plenty of common sense. I just choose to ignore it." -- Calvin