Maria
by Phil Pritchett

Capo on 4

         Am             E
i'm an expatriate cut adrift

                  Am                         E
i caught a good glimpse of her smile and her midriff

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i got me a body full of soul, and now i got me a mind full of sangria

Am                   E
 i didn't go there looking for trouble,

    Am                           E
i singled her out earlier but now i'm seeing double

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and the bartender told me that both of their names were maria

     C                  G                  C                    G
the castanets in her hands, clickity-clack my own understanding

C             G                                   C  --  G
 of what it means to have some rhythm in your soul

        D                             G
with a stomp and a shuffle from her feet,

             D                          G
she made me lose a little bit of the pace in my heartbeat

D                       G              D  --  D7
 it's never been more fun to lose control




             Am                                E
her swirling skirt shows a little bit of thigh

                Am                        E
the glass in my hand won't stop running dry

     Am                      E
and all those flamenco guitars

      Am                    E
keep rattling all of those bones in my ear

Am                 E
 i guess its just too late

         Am                  E
she can already see that i'm from the states

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i guess we all have a tendency to get a little loud when we come over here

    C                 G
i'm sorry about the insult,

     C                            G
but please i don't need another bar bouncer catapult

C                G               C         G
 i can find my own way to the door tonight

                D                            G
yeah, and i'm finding it a little hard to walk

                D           G                      D
and this wine makes me yell every time i try to talk

                G                    D  --  D7
look what your dancer did to me tonight




Em            C                  G                   D
maria don't go, what are you doing after the show

Am                C                G        D
these are the words i'll never get to say

Em         C                      G                        D
maria i know, that i could be someone you'd like to know

Am                C                    G                     D
but i'm in no condition to make any first impressions today

(back to intro (Am--E))


            Am                 E
later that night in my hotel bed

                    Am                    E
the rhythm of the stomps and the claps still ringing in my head

Am                E                  Am            E
 i begin more than a little bit to regret some of my excess

Am                 E                    Am                    E
i'll have to find another way, the very next time i'm gonna try to make a play

        Am                    E
for a beautiful spanish dancer

     Am                          E
and hope to have any kind of success

            C                            G
was it the wine or the redness of her lips

              C                    G
that made me lose all of the feeling in my fingertips

C            G                C  --  G
 i guess i never will find out

            D                            G
was it the wind from the swish of her skirt

              D                   G                        D
that blew my mind and swept me up like a featherweight flirt

          G                    D  --  D7
i guess i never will find out




Em            C                  G                   D
maria don't go, what are you doing after the show

Am                C                G        D
these are the words i'll never get to say

Em         C                      G                        D
maria i know, that i could be someone you'd like to know

Am                C                    G                     D
but i'm in no condition to make any first impressions today



                Am                          E
the next morning came with a ring from the phone-a

          Am              E
i was already late for the bus to barcelona

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 i jumped outta bed and ran down the hall with my suitcase in my hand

Am                            E
 i took the stairs; it was just one flight

        Am                         E
made my way towards the door and into bright sunlight

Am                 E                  Am                    E
 how i was still able to move, i don't think i'll ever understand

     C                        G
but just as i stepped outside

          C                    G
something inside caught my eye

C                        G                        C  --  G
 it was the beautiful dancer from the night before

                D                        G
she was just sittin' in a hotel lobby chair

              D                            G
reading magazines, and playing with a strand of her hair

D             G                           D -- D7
i wanted to speak but i went out the door




Em            C                  G                   D
maria don't go, what are you doing after the show

Am                C                G        D
these are the words i'll never get to say

Em         C                      G                        D
maria i know, that i could be someone you'd like to know

Am                C                    G                     D
but i'm in no condition to make any first impressions today



Em  C    G   D
Hey,  Maria stay (repeat)


(because of the limited space, i hope this posts right)