Jimi Hendrix - Wind Cries Mary

title : the wind cries mary ( jimi hendrix )
1967
intro : E F F# E F F# ( repeat once )

C# B# B F#
after all the jacks are in their boxes
C# B# B F#
and the clowns have all gone to bed
C# B# B F#
you can hear happiness staggering on down the street
G# B E F F#
footsteps dressed in red
G# B E F F# E F F#
and the wind whispers mary

C# B# B F#
a broom is drearily sweeping
C# B# B F#
up the broken pieces of yesterday’s life
C# B# B F#
somewhere a queen is weeping
G# B E F F#
somewhere a king has no wife
G# B E F F# E F F#
and the wind cries mary

( solo )
you can strum verse chords as a background

C# B# B F#
the traffic lights turn blue tomorrow
C# B# B F#
and shine the emptiness down on my bed
C# B# B F#
the tiny island sags downstream
G# B E F F#
cause the life that lived is dead
G# B E F F# E F F#
and the wind screams mary

C# B# B F#
will the wind ever remember
C# B# B F#
the names it has blown in the past
C# B# B F#
with its crutch , its old age , and its wisdom
G# B# B E F F#
it whispers no , this will be the last
G# B# B E F F# E F F#
and the wind cries mary

outro : E F F# E F F#