Verse rhythm pattern:
Bm Em A7 D G7 F#7 Bm
| E | 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
| B | 3 3 8 5 5 7 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 9 6 6 7 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 |
| D | 4 4 9 5 5 7 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 |
| A | 2 7 7 5 4 4 2 |
| E | 2 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 |
Chorus rhythm pattern:
G D A7 D G D A7 D D/a A#m
| E | 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 2 |
| G | 4 4 2 2 6 6 2 4 4 2 2 6 6 2 3 |
| D | 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 3 |
| A | 5 0 7 0 5 0 7 0 1 |
| E | 3 5 2 3 5 |
Verse sequence:
Bm Em A7 D
I fell into the ocean and you became my wife
G7 F#7 Bm
I risked it all against the sea to have a better life
Em A7 D
Marie you are the wild blue sky, men do foolish things
G7 F#7 Bm
You turn kings into beggars and beggars into kings
Chorus sequence:
G D A7 D
Pretend that you owe me nothing and all the world is green
G D A7 D D/a(A#m)
We can bring back the old days again when all the world is green
NOTE: The A#m leads you back into the verse from the chorus.
Solo sequence:
The song changes key to C minor for the clarinet solo. The D/a and A#m are replaced with
G7; 353433 to lead you into C minor.
The solo sequence is played exactly the same as the verse sequence except that
Is moved up 1 semitone (1 fret). Stay in C minor for the last verse.