Pearl Jam

^B She lived on a curve in the road
^G In an old tar paper shack
^B On the south side of the town on the ^G wrong side of the tracks
^D Sometimes on the way in to town ^A
G We say 'Mama, can we stop ^G and give her a ride?'
^B Sometimes we did, ^A but her hands ^G flew from her side
^G Wild eye... ^A Crazy... ^B , ^G , ^B , ^G , ^B Mary
^B Down a long dirt road, ^G past the Parson's place
^B Their old blue car, ^G we used to race
^B Little country store, ^A with a sign tagged to the side
^B Said 'NO L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G AL ^G LOWED'
^B Underneath that sign allows ^G congregated quite a crowd

^B Take a bottle drink it ^A down, pass ^G it around (drink it down)
Take a bottle drink it down, drink,
(pass it around) pass it around (pass it around)
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it, pass it a, pass it a-around

^B One night thunder cracked, Mercy backed outside her windowsile

^E Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills

^B Looked down into the house of Mary

^F#mi Terrible thought(?), ^E newspaper covered walls

^B and Mary rising up above it all...

^B ah... ^E ah... ^B , ^B , ^E , ^B , <sup>B

B</sup> Next morning on the way into town,

^G Saw some skid marks and followed them around

^B over the curve through the ^G fields into the house of ^B Mary

That what you ^E fear the most will meet you ^D half way
That what you fear the most will meet you half way

^B Take a bottle drink it dow ^A n, pass ^G it around (drink it down)
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it a, pass it around
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it a, pass it a, pass it a-around