When Mary Left Her Shoebox Open
(lyrics by Benjamin Repp)
[> Verse: Bass Riff: E, G, A, G]
[<> Chorus: B7, B♭7, A7 => E, G, A (3x), 4th time end on B9]
When Mary left her shoebox open things begin to happen
sights and sounds bounced all around and out stepped Puff the dragon. He was smoking gold that he was sold
in a backstreet cafe’. In leather tights appeared Snow White and she began to say………………
<> Mary, Mary, quite contrary, things around here are getting hairy
Elmer Fudd had a jug of alligator wine, gave a glass to Tinker Bell and now she’s feeling fine. Scooby Doo was eating shrooms with Bambi and the Joker. R2-D2 was losing parts in a game of ole’ strip poker.
<> Mary, Mary, quite contrary, things around here are getting hairy
(harmonica solo = 1 verse + chorus)
When Mary left her shoebox open things began to happen all her dreams and fantasies drifted into action. Now she’s lost in all the scenes of her magic play, finds it hard to cut the cards that come from day to day.
<> Mary, Mary, quite contrary, things around here are getting hairy