Hello Mary Lou

harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

No bends230 notesHoles 1–5Diatonic

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Hel---lo,.. Mar---ry Lou,... good---bye heart....

Sweet Ma---ry Lou,... I'm so in love with you. ....

I knew, .. Ma---ry Lou,.... we'd nev---er part. ...

So hel---lo,.. Ma---ry Lou,... good---bye heart.

You passed me by one sun---ny day,...

flashed those big brown eyes my way,...

and ooh,.. I wan---ted you .. for---ev---er more. ....

Now I'm not one that gets a---round,...

swear my feet's stuck to the ground. ...

And though I nev---er did need you be---fore. ...

I said Hel---lo .. Ma---ry Lou,.. good---bye heart. ..

Sweet Ma---ry Lou,.. I'm so in love with you.

I knew, .. Ma---ry Lou,.. we'd nev---er part. ...

So hel---lo Ma---ry Lou,.. good--bye heart.

I saw your lips,.. I heard your voice,..

be---lieve me . I just had no choice. ...

Wild hor---es could---n't make me stay a---way. ..

I thought a---bout a moon--lit night,..

my arms a---round you good and tight. ..

That's all I had to see .. for me to say. ...

Hel---lo,.. Mar---y Lou,.. good--bye heart. ...

Sweet Ma---ry Lou,.. I'm so in love .. with you. ..

I knew,.. Mar---ry Lou,.. we'd nev---er part. ...

So hel---lo,.. Ma---ry Lou,.. good--bye heart. ...

So hel---lo,.. Ma---ry lou,... good---bye heart. ...

Yes hel---lo, Ma---ry lou,... good----bye heart. ........

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Hel---lo,.. Mar---ry   Lou,... good---bye  heart....
  1*   2,     2     -2*   2,       -3       -4     -3.

 Sweet   Ma---ry  Lou,...  I'm    so    in  love  with  you. ....
    -3       5*   5*   5*,       5*   5*   5*  -4     -3    -4.

 I  knew, ..  Ma---ry  Lou,.... we'd   nev---er  part. ...
 1*    2,       2     -2*   2,       5*      5*   -4    -3.

 So   hel---lo,..  Ma---ry  Lou,...  good---bye   heart.
 -3     -4   5*,    5*  5*   -4,         5*     -4      -3.  

 You passed   me  by  one  sun---ny  day,...
   2       1*      2    2    2    -2*   -3     2,

 flashed  those  big  brown eyes  my way,...
    -2*      -3     -3     -3     -4     -4    -3,

 and  ooh,..  I   wan---ted   you ..  for---ev---er    more. ....
  -3      5*   5*    5*    5*     5*     5*   -4    -3      -4.

 Now   I'm  not  one  that  gets    a---round,...
   1*     2     2     2      2     -2*   -3       2,

 swear   my  feet's  stuck   to  the  ground. ...
   -2*     -3     -3       -3     5   -4      -3.

 And  though  I    nev---er  did  need  you  be---fore. ...
   -3      5*    5*    5*   5*  -4     -4     5*   -4    -3.  

  I   said  Hel---lo ..  Ma---ry  Lou,.. good---bye  heart. ..
  1*  1*   -1     2,     2    -2*  2,       -3      -4      -3.

 Sweet   Ma---ry  Lou,..  I'm   so   in   love  with   you.
    -3       5*   5*   5*,     5*   5*  5*   -4     -3     -4.  
 
 I    knew, ..   Ma---ry Lou,..  we'd   nev---er  part. ...
 1*     2,         2    -2*  2,      5*      5*    -4    -3.

 So   hel---lo    Ma---ry   Lou,.. good--bye  heart.
 -3    -4    5*   5*   5*   -4,       5*    -4      -3.

Musical interlude.    

 I  saw  your  lips,..   I  heard  your  voice,..
 1*  1*     2      2,     2     -2*    -3      2,

 be---lieve   me .   I    just  had  no  choice. ...
  2       -2*   -3    -3     -3    -4   -4      -3.

 Wild  hor---es  could---n't  make   me   stay   a---way. ..
   -3    5*    5*    5*     5*     5*     5*   -4    -3    -4.  

 I  thought  a---bout   a  moon--lit  night,..
 1*     2      2       2    2     -2*   -3     2,

 my  arms   a---round  you  good  and  tight. ..
  -2*   -2*  -3      -3      -3    -4     -4    -3.

 That's  all   I   had   to  see .. for  me   to  say. ...
    -3     5*  5*  5*   5*  -4     -4    5*  -4    -3.

Hel---lo,..  Mar---y   Lou,..  good--bye  heart. ...
  1*   2,      2    -2*   2,       -3     -4      -3.

 Sweet  Ma---ry  Lou,..  I'm   so   in   love .. with  you. ..
   -3       5*   5*   5*,     5*   5*   5    -4       -3    -4.

 I   knew,..  Mar---ry  Lou,..  we'd  nev---er  part. ...
 1*    2,        2    -2*   2,       5*     5*   -4   -3.

 So   hel---lo,..  Ma---ry   Lou,..   good--bye  heart. ...
  -3   -4    5*,    5*    5*   -4,         5*   -4      -3.  

 So  hel---lo,..   Ma---ry  lou,...  good---bye  heart. ...
 -3   -4    5*,     5*   5* -4,         5*     -4      -3.

 Yes   hel---lo,    Ma---ry  lou,... good----bye  heart. ........
   -3    -4    5*,    5*   5* -4,        5*      -4     -3.