Mary Had A Secret chords

[VERSE 1]
[G]We met at redhead [Am]Mary's house
[D]on a Bible s[G]tudy night
[G]I heard sh[Am]e was a rebel once
[D]until she saw th[G]e light
[G]Then in the backseat of a [Am]crowed car
[D]after weeks of ho[G]lding hands
[G]She was slipping [Am]me the tongue
[D]among her Christian[G] friends

[CHORUS]
[Em7]We could chuckle and [Cadd9]talk for hours
[G]And then one night over t[G]he p[D]ho[F#]ne
[Em7]she went and told me her [Cadd9]best friend's secret
[G]after she had lowered her[G] ton[D]e [F#]
[Em7]It was all about forg[Cadd9]iving, all about forgiving,
[G]all about forgiving and so [G] [D] [F#]
[Am]She thought that God wo[D]uld want me to know

[G] [Am] [D] [G] x2

[VERSE 2]
[G]her older sisters had [Am]both moved out
and her [D]parents wer[G]e divorced
[G]her mother lived in a [Am]trailer park
not b[D]ig, but she had [G]a porch
a[G]nd on top of the p[Am]iano
[D]laid a cat with evil [G]paws
[G]her father he was a [Am]proud Nam vet
I [D]think she hardly [G]saw

[CHORUS]
[Em7]We could chuckle and [Cadd9]talk for hours
[G]And then one night over t[G]he p[D]ho[F#]ne
[Em7]she went and told me her [Cadd9]best friend's secret
[G]after she had lowered her[G] ton[D]e [F#]
[Em7]It was all about forg[Cadd9]iving, all about forgiving,
[G]all about forgiving and so [G] [D] [F#]
[Am]She thought that God wo[D]uld want me to know

[G] [Am] [D] [G] x2
[Em7] [Cadd9] [G] [G] [D] [F#] x2

[CHORUS]
[Em7]We could chuckle and [Cadd9]talk for hours
[G]And then one night over t[G]he p[D]ho[F#]ne
[Em7]she went and told me her [Cadd9]best friend's secret
[G]after she had lowered her[G] ton[D]e [F#]
[Em7]It was all about forg[Cadd9]iving, all about forgiving,
[G]all about forgiving and so [G] [D] [F#]
[Am]She thought that God wo[D]uld want me to know

[Em7]All about forgiving, [Cadd9]all about forgiving,
[G]all about forgiving and so [G] [D] [F#]
[Em7]All about forgiving, [Cadd9]all about forgiving,
[G]all about forgiving and so [G] [D] [F#]
[Am]She thought that God would [D] want me to know

[VERSE 3]
[G]The old piano she could [Am]play so nice
she [D]had later sadly [G]sold
[G]The money was invested[Am] in
[D]the church her husband [G]owned
[G]She had a kid when I [Am]looked her up
and [D]another on the [G]way
A[G]nd when we waved our[Am] last goodbye
she [D]said that she would [G]pray