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B AAfter all the jacks are in their
Eboxes
B A EAnd the clowns have all gone to bed
B AYou can hear happiness staggering
E on down the street
F# A D D# EFootsteps dressed in red
F# A D D# E D D# EAnd the wind whispers Mary
B A EA broom is drearily sweeping
B AUp the broken peices of
Eyesterday's life
B A ESomewhere a queen is weeping
F# A D D# ESomewhere a king has no wife
F# A D D# E D D# EAnd the wind cries Mary
A C E
B AThe traffic lights turn blue
Etomorrow
B AAnd shine the emptyness down on my
Ebed
B A EThe tiny island sags downstream
F# A D D# ECause the life that lived is dead
F# A D D# E D D# EAnd the wind screams Mary
B A EWill the wind ever remember
B A EThe names it has blown in the past
B AWith its crutch, its old age, and
E its wisdom
F# AIt whispers no, this will be the
D D# Elast
F# A D D# E DAnd the wind cries Mary
D# E D D# E D D# EPor: Jean Guilherme Amaral Maia