Date: 1/6/00; 12:19:58 PM
From: "Brandon R" <brandonr@ddms.com>
Subject: Maria by Robert Earl Keen

Maria 

by Robert Earl Keen (also done by George Strait)

Verse1
[C] There's a salt grain tapping on your window
There's a cool breeze blowing off the [F] bay
[G] A warm flame dancing with our shadows
[F] To music playing far a [G] way

Verse 2
[C] I never meant to stay an hour
I thought that I was passing [F] through
[G] Another town along the highway
[F] I never [G] meant to fall for [C] you

CHORUS

[F] I can't [G] speak for you [C] Maria
[E] I only know the way I [F] feel
But when I [G] sleep with you [C] Maria
[F] There's nothing [G] left for dreams to [C] steal

(Use chords for verse 2 for the rest of the songs)

On a Bible by the mirror
The only treasures that we hold
The only secrets that we're keeping
A watch, a chain, a cross of gold

REPEAT CHORUS

When the sunlight brings the morning
I cannot tell you what I'll do
But I've a mind to take you with me
And I've a heart to stay with you

REPEAT CHORUS
Repeat last line of chorus