Biography:
Linda Thompson (born Linda Pettifer) started her singing career in the 1960s, doing advertising jingles for money and singing in folk clubs for enjoyment. She changed her name to Linda Peters, and was romantically linked to Martin Carthy before working with Richard Thompson, whom she married in 1972. As part of Richard & Linda Thompson she sang on a string of critically acclaimed albums until a bitter split in 1982. After battling voice problems over the years since, she resurfaced with a solo album in 1996, and has worked sporadically since.
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Other songs:
- All I See
- Beauty
- Blue And Gold
- Day After Tomorrow
- Dear Mary
- Do Your Best For Rock N Roll
- Evona Darling
- Go Home
- He May Call You Up Tonight
- Im Blowin Away
- Just Enough To Keep Me Hanging On
- Katy Cruel
- Never Put To Sea Boys
- Never The Bride
- Nine Stone Rig
- No Telling
- Paddys Lamentation
- Shady Lies
- Telling Me Lies
- The Way I Love You
- Versatile Heart
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Linda Thompson - Dear Mary
[Intro]
C G C G C D G
[Verse 1]
Mary, you may have to run
Em
You may have to be on your way
G C
Consider the things that you've done
D G
Ah Mary, you may have to run
[Verse 2]
Remember your tales and your lies
Em
They'll come back to haunt you one day
G C
And all of the boys you made cry
D G
All remember your tales and your lies
[Interlude]
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
[Verse 3]
Your false heart can never be true
Em
I know it as well as the rest
G C
You pay dear for the things that you do
D G
Your false heart can never be true
[Verse 4]
And one day the tables will turn
Em
Sooner than later, my dear
G C
And just like the bridges you've burned
D G
One day the tables will turn
[Interlude]
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
[Verse 5]
Just leave when the sun has gone down
Em
Pack up your wiles and your spells
G C
'Cause everything comes back around
D G
Just leave when the sun has gone down
[Interlude]
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
[Verse 6]
Ah Mary, you may have to run
Em
You may have to be on your way
G C
Consider the things that you've done
D G
Ah Mary, you may have to run
C
With all of the things that you've done
D G
Ah Mary, you may have to run
[Intro]
C G C G C D G
[Verse 1]
Mary, you may have to run
Em
You may have to be on your way
G C
Consider the things that you've done
D G
Ah Mary, you may have to run
[Verse 2]
Remember your tales and your lies
Em
They'll come back to haunt you one day
G C
And all of the boys you made cry
D G
All remember your tales and your lies
[Interlude]
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
[Verse 3]
Your false heart can never be true
Em
I know it as well as the rest
G C
You pay dear for the things that you do
D G
Your false heart can never be true
[Verse 4]
And one day the tables will turn
Em
Sooner than later, my dear
G C
And just like the bridges you've burned
D G
One day the tables will turn
[Interlude]
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
[Verse 5]
Just leave when the sun has gone down
Em
Pack up your wiles and your spells
G C
'Cause everything comes back around
D G
Just leave when the sun has gone down
[Interlude]
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
Am C G
Ahh ahh ahh
[Verse 6]
Ah Mary, you may have to run
Em
You may have to be on your way
G C
Consider the things that you've done
D G
Ah Mary, you may have to run
C
With all of the things that you've done
D G
Ah Mary, you may have to run
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