Tom: G
Intro
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G C G C G D G
Verse 1
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It's a darling girl, my darling girl with eyes as dark as night
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And a heart so true but just so strong, set to live a darling life
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As years roll by, she'll grow up fine and she'll sing a silent song
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But she'll find your piano and she'll find her wings
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and she'll sing all the days long
Chorus
C G
I'm waiting on a ghost
D C
To show her lovin arms
G D/F# Em C G D G
and sweet Marie I can see your faint light shining down on me
Verse 2
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Well go call on her brother and her sister too
G D
go call on all the town
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Tell them all today, your darling girl is to wear a wedding gown
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And though it all came so fast, ten years soon will pass
G D
before there's room for three
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My sister will grow, my mother will know
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soon there will be room for me.
Chorus
C G
I'm waiting on a ghost
D C
To show her lovin arms
G D/F# Em C G D G
and sweet Marie I can see your faint light shining down on me
Bridge
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G C G C G D
Verse 3
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Like an old toy top spins and stops
G D
Or tag and last walks in the ball
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A long summer's wait come winding down
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She'll be buried in the fall
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And now she sleeps with you Marie
G D
bittersweet is this old world
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They tell me soon my sister too will have a darling girl
Chorus
C G
I'm waiting on a ghost
D C
To show her lovin arms
G D/F# Em C G D G
and sweet Marie I can see your faint light shining down on me
