MARIA 
by the Gourds
transcribed by Ellen de Vere  ellendevere@yahoo.com
http://www.gourds.org

I couldn't find a good name for the one chord jimmy
uses, a sort of Am with flatted fifth, so I'm just
calling it Ajs for the sake of argument.(its fingering
is shown at the bottom)


-------5------------5-----5-----4_5-----
-------5------------5-----5-----4_5-----
----6--6------5-----5-----6-----5_6-----
-------7------7--7--7-----7-----6_7-----
-------7------6--6--------7-----6_7-----
--5-----------5---------5-------4_5-----
 

Oh Mar[A]ia hands it [Ajs] out 
she [A] comes from Guata[Ajs]mala 
she [A] heps me get a[Ajs]round 
she [F#] heps when I'm in trouble 

when the [Bm] ice cream hit the [F#] ground 
The Feder[Bm]rales they were a'[F#]coming 
she had made ar[Bm]rangements with a [F#] vendor 
the stupid [E] gringo - he got away 

(intro again)

Now if I [A] had a hundred [Ajs] dollars 
and mar[A]cas in my [Ajs] hand 
I'd [A] shake them for [Ajs] Maria 
I'd [F#] pressure her old man 

to let me [Bm] take her back to [F#] Texas 
In the [Bm] white pickup [F#] truck 
where she had [Bm] done a dozen [F#]avors 
to [E] get me out of dutch 

La...  [Dm - A - Dm - A  - Dm - A]
La… [F# - Bm - F# -  Bm -F# - Bm - F#]
Lo… [E] 

(e and b harmonics)

(intro again)

Now we [A] never spank the [Ajs] children
and the [A] house is pretty [Ajs] small 
and I [A] never learned the [Ajs] language 
of [F#] old Guatamal 

but there's [Bm] frijoles when I'm [F#] hungry 
and I drink [Bm] tequila when I'm [F#] dry 
and the [Bm] coffee is oh so [F#] good 
and [E] Maria hands it out 

La...

Oh Mar[dm]iaaaaa[E]aaaa, Oh Mari[A]aaaa[Ajs]aaaa [A] 
[G#-A]

A---Ajs---F#-----Bm------E-------Dm----dm----G#      
5    5     2      2      0        5     1     4    
5    5     2      3      0        6     3     4    
6    5     3      4      1        7     2     5    
7    7     4      4      2        7     0     6   
7    6     4      2      2        5     0     6   
5    5     2      2      0        5     x     4