Capo 2nd fret

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Sweet Marie I can hardly Wait

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Theres gas in the tank, tonights are fate

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Let us not part souls by the porches light

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Let's go out together into the night

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She said her friend Peter had a steady wage

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A home for two, numbers on the page

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Well I thought for a while and that's when she spoke

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And the words as they started I thought were a joke, she said

Chorus

Come see me when your crop comes in

(When the water's high you can afford to spend)

 I'm high on the cotton and my dress is fine

(And I'd spend it all if you could be mine)

 I'm not the kind of woman that's bound to lose

So don't come around with your poor boy blues

Verse ii

She was sore from the moment she picked up

A plastic fork and a paper cup

But She laughed at my jokes and she sure could smile

Something cheap as love should last a while, she said

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Does a diamond really talk that loud

Does just love not make you proud

When you've got all you can use

Don't bore me with your rich girl blues

Verse iii

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Well Sweet Marie I can hardly wait

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Back when I thought you were my fate

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But a diamond told you to walk that aisle

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Even though you could have been, could have been my style

Chorus