Taken from the Joe Purdy album. Capo 4th fret Standard tuning Chords used (relative to capo): - XX0232 G - 320033 G/F# - 200033 Em7 - 022033 - X02033 Intro - - - - x2 It was a fine day in the fifth grade when Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school he had her books in hand and he was listening to every word she said like it was the gospel of the prophecies and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress went home singing who wrote the book of love and try a little tenderness - - - x2 the next day on the playground bobby sat Mary down on the swingset behind the sandbox and she said, Bobby i just wanna play so what is it you have to say? Chorus: He said, mary, marry me. we could live out by the sea like the do on the movie screen. oh, marry me, mary may, before you go back to play - - - x2 And then back to the verse. Continue throughout. Lovely song, you can listen to it on his website, his CDs are a bit hard to come by, especially over here. Comments welcome