Chord Marie Provost by Nick Lowe

from the album jesus of cool tuning : eadgbe crazy lyric . great pop song . G C D marie provost did not look her best G C D the day the cops bust into her loneli - ness G Em in the cheap hotel up on hollywood west C D july twenty nine G C D she’d been lying there for two or three weeks G C D the neighbours said they never heard a squeak G Em while hungry eyes that could not speak C D said even little doggies have got to eat G D/F# C /B Am she was a winner that became a doggie’s dinner G she never meant that much to me C D G C G D who oh oh oh oh poor ma - rie G C D marie provost was a movie queen G C D mysterious angel of the silent screen G Em and run like the wind the nation’s young men steamed C D when marie crossed the silent screen G C D woah she came out west from new york G C D but when the talkies came mar - ie just couldn’t cope G /F# Em the public said mar - ie take a walk C D all the way back to new york G D/F# C /B Am she was a winner that became a doggie’s dinner G she never meant that much to me C D G C G D but now i see poor mar - ie instrumental : E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G - 4 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 - 2 - 0 - | - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 - 4 - 2 - | - 7 - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 - 5 - 4 - | - 9 - - 9 - - 7 - - 5 - 7 - 5 - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G Em C D G Em C D G C D those quaalude bombs didn’t help her sleep G C D as her nights grew long and her days grew bleak G /F# Em it’s all downhill once you’ve passed your peak C D marie got ready for that last big sleep G C D the cops came in and they looked A - round G C D throwing up everywhere over what theyd found G /F# Em the handiwork of marie’s little dachs - hund C D that hungry little dachshund! G D/F# C /B Am she was a winner that became a doggie’s dinner G she never meant that much to me C D G C G D who oh oh oh oh poor ma - rie G C G D poor ma - rie G C G D poor ma - rie G C G D poor poor ma - rie G C G D poor ma - rie G C G D poor ma - rie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i hope i’ve done it justice! kevin o’brien watford england june 2010 watfordkev@gmail . com