Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart
Creedence Clearwater revival (G. Pitney), Ricky Nelson
Daniel O'Connell, Statler Brothers, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison

Midi 1(A195)   Midi 2(D181)*-harp  Midi 3(Bb145)   Midi 4(Bb210)
Midi 5(Bb200)  Midi 6(Bb210)   Midi 7(Ab89)   Midi 8(Bb116)
Midi 9(Bb190)   Midi 10(C170)
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 7/07
For Diatonic harmonica
-5-6 or 56 = play together
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Lead in:  5 measures


 RRR  -3b    4 4 -4  4--->  RR   RR -4-5 6    -5----> Rr  -4-5  -5-6  -5-6 -5-6  -5-6
|     Hel | lo Mary Lou |       |   goodbye heart. |     Sweet |  Ma   ry   Lou   I'm |
 -5-6 -5-6 r   6  -4-5  56---> R  RRR-3b    4 r 4 -4  4---> RR R -6  -6 56 -4-5--->
| so   in    love with you. |    |    I | knew  Mary Lou |    | we'd never part. |
-> -4-5  56   -5-6 -5-6  -5-6  56---> R  -6  56   -5----> RR
|   So  hel |  lo   Ma    ry  Lou, |    goodbye heart. |     |

 RRR 4 r    -3b   4 r 4  4 r  -4 -5  4 R      -4  r  -5   -5   6  r
|   You | passed me  by one | sunny day, | flashed those big brown |
   -6b  6  -5 r -5   -6 -6 -6 -6    6  -6 6 -5   6---->      RRR  4   -3b
| eyes my way  and | oo I wanted | you forever more. |      |    Now I'm  |
   4 r 4    4 r   -4  -5 4    4     -4  -5r -5    6  r   -6b 6    -5   r -5
| not one that | gets around, I | swear my feet stuck  | to the ground, and |
    -6  -6 -6 -6 r  6    6   -6  6    -5
| though I never | did meet you be | fore. |

Chorus:
 R5  -3b   -3 4  4 -4  4---> RR  RR -4-5 6   -4-5---> Rr -4-5 -5-6 -5-5 -5-6  -5-6 r
| I said "hello, Mary Lou |     |   goodbye heart. |     Sweet Ma   ry    Lou  I'm  |
 -5-6  -5-6 r  6  -4-5  56---> R  RRR -3b  4 r 4 -4  4---> RR  R -6  -6 56 -4-5--->
| so    in   love with you. |    |     I knew  Mary Lou |     | we'd never part, |
 -4-5  56  -5-6 -5-6 -5-6   56---> R  -6  56   -5-----> RR
| so  hel | lo   Ma   ry   Lou, |    goodbye heart". |     |

16 measure rest for you..

 RRR -4   -3b  -4 r -4 -4 r   5     6    -4  R     5  r 6 6  -6 r  -7N -6    6      6
|     I | saw your lips I | heard your voice, | 'lieve me I just | had no choice. Wild |
  7 r -7  -7 -7      -7  -7  -6  6 -6--->     RRR -4   -3b---->-4 r-4 -4 r
| horses couldn't | make me stay away. |     |     I thought |  about  a   |
    5  6    -4   -4     5  6 r 6  -6 r   -7N  -6   6      6       -7 -7r  -7 -7 r
| moonlit night, my | arms about you  | good an' tight, that's | all I   had to   |
   -6  -6r-6 -6    6
| see for me to | say - |  (notes change here in chorus...

 R-4 -3    4 -4 R-4 5  -4---> RR  RR 56 -6    56---> Rr  56  -7-7  -7  -7 r
| I said "hello, Mary Lou |     |   goodbye heart. |   Sweet Mary Lou I'm  |
  -7 -7 r -6   56   -6---> R   RRR -3   -4  r-4 5  -4--> RR  R -7  -7 -6  56---->
| so in  love with you. |    |     I | knew  Mary Lou |     | we'd never part, |
->56  -6   -7 -7-7  -6--->R -7 -5-6   6------>
| so hel | lo Mary Lou, |  good bye heart". |     |

end with:
 RR 56  -6   -7 -7-7  -6--> R   -7 -5-6    6----->
|   so hel | lo Mary Lou |    good  bye  heart. |    |  
 

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