Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne — Looking Glass
Chords and lyrics for Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne by Looking Glass (key of C).
Verse 1
Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne:Looking Glass.
and #33 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records
in 1973.
[E] [B] [Em] [A] [Em] [D] [E] [B] [Em] [A] [Em]
#1.
Just [A]seventeen, [Em]everything [C]that she's seen
[Bm]is all there in her [Am]eyes.
[Em]So many years [B]of her poor [Am]mama's tears and
her [B]Daddy's sweet [Am]lies.
[Em]There's nobody home, [Am]Mary-Anne's alone, [C]almost
fully [Bm]grown and [Am]worldly-wise.
#2.
[Em]Jimmy's been down, [Bm]he's been [Em]out and [Bm]around and
he [Am]knows where it's at.
[Em]Love to be [Bm]good if he [Em]thought that he could [B]but
it [Am]isn't like that.
[Em]He don't make mistakes, [Am]what he makes he [G]takes,
[Am]Jimmy gets all the [B]breaks cause he knows [Am]how.
Chorus
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C][G]Mary-Anne..Jimmy wants to [D]be her [Am]man.
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C]Mary-Anne, she [Bm]thinks he's [Am]alright.
#3.
[Em]She's not alone but she [B]picks up the [E]phone and she
[Bm]hears Jimmy [Am][Em]say..mother, I'm [Bm]beat, I'm so [Em]sick of
the [Bm]street, feel like [Am]running away.
There's no [Em]life here at all, the [Am]city seems so small,
the [C]sweeter music is [D]calling us [Am]away..let it [Em]play.
[Em] [Am] [C] [Bm] [Am]
Chorus
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C][G]Mary-Anne..Jimmy wants to [D]be her [Am]man.
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C]Mary-Anne, she [Bm]thinks he's [Am]alright.
#4.
[Em]This big dollar [Bm]town can [C]drag you right [Bm]down, if you [Am]go
it alone.
[Em]Even the [D]strong don't [C]survive very long [B]when they're [Am]out
on their own.
[Em]Jimmy knows it's true, [Am]Mary-Anne knows it, too, they can
[C]see each other [D]through..if they hold [Am]on.
Chorus
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C][G]Mary-Anne..Jimmy wants to [D]be her [Am]man.
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C]Mary-Anne, she [Bm]thinks he's [Am]alright.
Chorus
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C][G]Mary-Anne..Jimmy wants to [D]be her [Am]man.
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C]Mary-Anne, she [Bm]thinks he's [Am]alright.
Outro
[G]Jimmy loves [D][C]Mary-Anne..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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