Intro:
A E A D A E F#m E D

Verse 1: 
A                E              A               D      
The lights shine down the valley the wind blows up the alley
A                   E                     A   E      
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary 
A            E                A               D     
She took the pains of boyhood and turned them into feel good
A                   E                     A   E  D
Oh how I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary
 
Chorus: 
            C#m                      F#m   
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know
           D                 E           
She put me right on my first mistake 
              C#m                         F#m                      
Summer wasn't gone when I learned all she had to show 
           D                    E
She really gave all a boy could take – woah

Verse 2:   
A           E            A                      D            
So now when I get lonely still looking for the one and only 
A                        E                     F#m  E  D
That's when I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary  
 
Chorus:  
             C#m                      F#m   
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know 
           D                 E           
She put me right on my first mistake
              C#m                         F#m   
Summer wasn't gone when I learned all she had to show
            D                   E                            
She really gave all a boy could take – woah

Solo:
A      E      A      D  
A      E       F#m  E  D

Chorus: 
             C#m                      F#m   
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know 
           D                 E           
She put me right on my first mistake
              C#m                         F#m   
Summer wasn't gone when I learned all she had to show
            D                   E                            
She really gave all a boy could take – woah

Verse 3:     
A                E              A               D      
The lights shine down the valley the wind blows up the alley            
A                   E                     F#m E D      
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary 
A                              E          F#m E D                   
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary  
A                              E          D E A      
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary