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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4The other entry for this song is a half step away from being correct, the song is in the key of E not F. Although I prefer playing it in F because it is easier to sing, this is the correct way to play it. Intro: A Bb B D Eb E A Bb B D Eb E B A E B A E After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed B Bb A E You can hear happiness staggering on down the street G A A Bb B Footsteps dressed in red G A A Bb B D Eb E A Bb B D Eb E And the wind whispers Mary B A E B A E A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life B Bb A E Somewhere a queen is weeping G A A Bb B Somewhere a king has no wife G A A Bb B D Eb E A Bb B D Eb E And the wind It cries Mary B A E The traffic lights They turn of blue tomorrow B A E And shine their emptiness down on my bed B Bb A E The tiny island sails downstream G A A Bb B Cause the life that lived is Is dead G A A Bb B D Eb E A Bb B D Eb E And the wind screams Mary B A E B A E Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past B Bb A E And with this crutch It's old age And it's wisdom G A A Bb B It whispers No This will be the last G A A Bb B D Eb E A Bb B D Eb E And the wind cries Mary