D                                       G             D 
There?a blizzard comin?n    How I?wishin? was home 
                                        A 
For my pony?lame and he can?hardly stand 
       D                             G                    D 
Listen to that Norther sigh    If we don?get home we? die 
         A                     Bm    A                    D 
But it?only 7 miles to Mary Ann    Only 7 miles to Mary Ann 
 
D                                         G            D 
You can bet we? on her mind   ?uz it?nearly suppertime 
                                         A 
And I? bet there?hot biscuits in the pan 
        D                                        G              D 
Lord my hands feel like their froze    There?a numbness in my toes 
            A                          Bm    A                         D 
 
But there?only 5 more miles to Mary Ann    Only 5 more miles to Mary 
Ann 
 
                                        G                D 
That wind?howlin?nd it seems Mighty like a woman?screams 
                               A 
We best be movin?aster if we can 
          D                               G              D 
Dan, just think about that barn with that hay so soft an warm 
     A                           Bm         A                          D 
 
It?only 3 more miles to Mary Ann     It?only 3 more miles to Mary 
Ann 
 
 
Spoken: 
 
D                                     G               D 
Dan, get up you ornery cuss or you? be the death of us 
                                         A 
Well, I?so weary but I? help ya if I can 
                D                              G                D 
Well, all right Dan, perhaps it?best that we stop a while and rest 
      A                                Bm 
We? still a hundred yards from Mary Ann 
     A                              D 
It?still a hundred yards to Mary Ann 
 
D                                                 G                  D 
Well late that night the storm was gone and they found him there at dawn 
 
                                                    A 
Well, he?a made it but he just couldn?leave old Dan 
           D                                     G                  D 
Yes, they found him there on the plains with his hands froze to the 
reins 
       A                               Bm 
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann 
       A                                D 
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann