Maria Lyrics

Title: Maria
Songwriter: Robert Earl Keen Jr.
From the MCA Nashville Album: One Step At A Time
Intro: C
There's a soft rain tappin' on your window
There's a cool breeze blowin' off the bay
And a warm flame dancin' with our shadows
To music playin' far away
I never meant to stay an hour
I thought that I was passin' through
Another town along the highway
I never meant to fall for you
But I can't speak for you, Maria
I only know the way I feel
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
On a Bible by the mirror
The only treasure's that we hold
The only secrets that we're keeping
A watch, a chain, a cross of gold
I can't speak for you, Maria
I only know the way I feel
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
Instrumental: Bdim F G C
When the sunlight brings the morning
I can't 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
But I can't speak for you, Maria
I only know the way I feel
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
When I sleep with you, Maria
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
--< My interpretation of course >--
Chord Fingering Chart
C/A x02010 Using A for the bass note (an inversion of Am7)
Bdim x20101 Hard to play, easier to leave off the first B (on the A
string)