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Oh Sweet Mary Tabs

(ver. 1)
Janis Joplin
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OH, SWEET MARY - Big Brother and the Holding Company/Janis Joplin
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Tuning: Standard

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                    Oh sweet mary, child of confusion


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She runs the hills to cry,     past the willows, or an illusion


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Lord, tell me the reason why...   tell me why! Why's it all so hard?!


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     Breathing in the air,           any - one to ca-are!


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           Aah...     aah...        aaahh...


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     Oooh!    oooohh!                        ooooh!


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     Oooh!    oooohh!             oooooohhhh!!


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                      Oh sweet mary, in our story


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Have we nothing left to give? Don't we all know, if we're pressed to


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That that's the way we live...   tell me why! Why's it all so hard?!


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    Breathing  in the air,           any - one to ca-are!


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     Ohhh!     yeeaahh!


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Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now,
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, ohh, yeah!

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| b   Bend

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