{title: Arms of Mary}
{artist: Sutherland Brothers}
{artist: Quiver}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 117}
{key: C}
{duration: 2:40}
{year: 1975}
{composer: Iain Sutherland}
{lyricist: Iain Sutherland}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-09-03}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpT7hbVWJDQ}
{comment: %{time}, %{tempo} BPM}
{comment: Key: %{key}}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[C] [G7] [Am] [F]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc: Verse}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C octave=1
Q:1/4=117
%%%scale 1.5
"C"z2 CE- EC- C2 | "G"B,2 B,C- CD- D2 | "C"z2 CE- EC- C2 | "F"D2 DE- EF- F2 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[C] The lights shine [G]down the valley,
[C] The wind blows [F]up the ally
[C]Oh, well, I wish I was [G]lying in the arms of [C]Mary [Fm]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[C] She took the [G]pains of boyhood,
[C] And turned them [F]into feel good
[C]oh, how I wish I was [G]lying in the arms of [C]Mary
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_abc: Chorus}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C octave=1
Q:1/4=117
%%%scale 1.5
EG GE | "Em"G2 GG- GG GA | "Am"ED CC- CC CA, | "F"C2 CA, C2 CA, | "C"G,2 z2z4 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
Mary was the [Em]girl who taught me all I [Am]had to know,
She put me [F]right on my first mis[G]take
Summer wasn't [Em]gone when I learned all she [Am]had to show,
She really [F]gave all a boy could [G]take, [G7]whoa
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[C] So now when [G]I get lonely,
[C] Still looking for the [F] one and only,
[C]That's when I wish I was [G]lying in the arms of [C]Mary [Fm]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Solo}
[C] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
Mary was the [Em]girl who taught me all I [Am]had to know,
She put me [F]right on my first mis[G]take
Summer wasn't [Em]gone when I learned all she [Am]had to show,
She really [F]gave all a boy could [G]take, [A7]
{end_of_chorus}
{key: D}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[D] The lights shine [A]down the valley,
[D] The wind blows [G]up the ally
[D]Oh, well, I wish I was [A]lying in the arms of [Bm]Mary
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[G]Lying in the [A]arms of [Bm]Mary,
[G]Lying in the [A]arms of [Bm]Mary,
[G]Ooh, [A]ooh, [Bm]ooh
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [G]
{end_of_part}