Mary Don't You Weep For Me

Stonewall Jackson

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                          G7
Oh Mary don't you weep for me
                          C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
    F                   C
The battle will soon be over
   G7             C
Oh Mary don't you weep

Verse 2

                                      G7
Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home
                                   C
For three long years now he's been gone
                                  F
He left her crying on her wedding day
    C                        G7              C
And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray

Verse 1

C                          G7
Oh Mary don't you weep for me
                          C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
    F                   C
The battle will soon be over
   G7             C
Oh Mary don't you weep

Verse 3

                                   G7
Mary's young heart was filled with joy
                                         C
When she got the letter from her soldier boy
                                      F
His words of love made her heart beat fast
    C                   G7              C
But little did she know it would be the last

Verse 1

C                          G7
Oh Mary don't you weep for me
                          C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
    F                   C
The battle will soon be over
   G7             C
Oh Mary don't you weep

Verse 4

                                G7
On that same day Atlanta burned down
                               C
Her soldier boy he fell to the ground
                                  F
Now Mary sits alone by the candle light
    C                G7         C
And reads his letter over every night

Verse 1

C                          G7
Oh Mary don't you weep for me
                          C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
    F                   C
The battle will soon be over
   G7             C
Oh Mary don't you weep