INTRO: G G/B (alternate picking) VERSE 1: G D G Lovely Mary Sweeney, C G the famous window smasher C G Was just a quiet school marm - Oh de lay ee ee D G from Lacrosse, Wisconsin VERSE 2: G D G She took a pinch of cocaine C G but only for her nerves C G Laudanum for trembling hands, D G G7 a little bottle in her purse CHORUS: C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but see C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees VERSE 3: G D G At dusk she took a train C G just a hammer in her bag C G She went from town to town - Oh de lay ee ee D G G7 smashing every pane of glass PRE-CHORUS: C G Storefronts, mirrors, windshields C G shattered in the night C G A hammer through a window's gleam D GG7 filled the air with light CHORUS: C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but free C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees INTERLUDE: GDGCGCGDG CHORUS: C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but free C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees VERSE 4: G D G In the state asylum C G the windows caged in bars C G They soaked her in an ice-cold bath D G G7 till she was seeing stars PRE-CHORUS: C G Wrapped up in her straitjacket C G her mind still hammered on C G Till the glass inside her smashed - Oh de lay ee ee D G G7 and she flew off into the trees CHORUS: C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but see C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees OUTRO: G G/B (alternate picking)