Title: Maria
Artist: George Strait
Songwriter: Robert Earl Keen Jr.
From the MCA Nashville Album: One Step At A Time
Intro: C
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CC/AC
There's a soft rain tappin' on your window
CC7F
There's a cool breeze blowin' off the bay
G7G
And a warm flame dancin' with our shadows
FG
To music playin' far away
CC/AC
I never meant to stay an hour
CC7F
I thought that I was passin' through
G7G
Another town along the highway
FGC
I never meant to fall for you
FGC
But I can't speak for you, Maria
BdimF
I only know the way I feel
FGCF
When I sleep with you, Maria
DmGC
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
CC/AC
On a Bible by the mirror
CC7F
The only treasure's that we hold
G7G
The only secrets that we're keeping
FGC
A watch, a chain, a cross of gold
FGC
I can't speak for you, Maria
BdimF
I only know the way I feel
FGCF
When I sleep with you, Maria
DmGC
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
Instrumental: BdimFGCCC/AC
When the sunlight brings the morning
CC7F
I can't tell you what I'll do
G7G
But I've a mind to take you with me
FGC
And I've a heart to stay with you
FGC
But I can't speak for you, Maria
BdimF
I only know the way I feel
FGCF
When I sleep with you, Maria
DmGC
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
FGCF
When I sleep with you, Maria
DmGC
There's nothin' left for dreams to steal
--< My interpretation of course >--
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