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Version 1
            Marie Marie:Shakin' Stevens.
#19 in UK in 1980.
#1.
A
Marie, Marie, playing guitar on the back porch.
            E                D       E
I sit in my car...why do you sing so sad,
       A
Marie, Marie?
#2.
A
Marie Marie, it's so lonely in the parklands.
                 E          D                 E
Please come with me, to the bright lights downtown,
       A
Marie, Marie.
CHORUS:
        E
I said, hey, pretty girl, don't you understand?
I just want to be your lovin' man.
#3.
       A
Marie, Marie, the sun is down in the corn fields.
               E             D       E
The evening is dark, and you sing so sad,
       A
Marie, Marie.
(INTERLUDE:)
#4.
A
Marie, Marie, it's so lonely in the parklands.
                 E          D                 E
Please come with me, to the bright lights downtown,
       A
Marie, Marie.
#5.
A
Marie, Marie, I got two weeks in back pay.
                  E             D                E
There's gas in my car, and your folks say I must go.
       A
Marie, Marie.
CHORUS:
        E
I said, hey, pretty girl, don't you understand?
I just want to be your lovin' man.
#6.
A
Marie, Marie, playing guitar on the back porch.
            E                D       E
I sit in my car...why do you sing so sad,
       A     A#
Marie, Marie?
#7.
A#
Marie, Marie, I got two weeks in back pay.
                  F             D#               F
There's gas in my car, and your folks say I must go.
       A#
Marie, Marie.
OUTRO:
A#  F              D#          A#
Why do you sing so sad, Marie, Marie? (x3)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat. 
        
                