Key: G
Introduction: G C/G G C/G
G C/G G D
Mary, you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashes, your covered in rain
D G C/G G D
You're covered in babies, covered in slashes, you're covered in wilderness, covered in stains
D G C/G G D
You cast aside the sheets, you cast aside the shroud of another man who served the world proud
D G C/G G D
You greet another son and you lose another one on some sunny day, and always you stay,
G
Mary
Chorus
Em C/G G G2 G/F#Em
Jesus said, Mother, I couldn't stay another day longer
Em C/G G G2 G/F#Em
Flies right by and leaves a kiss upon her face
Em C/G G
While the angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory
G A C/G
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place
Verse 2