Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Mary was married with children

 Had the perfect suburban life

 Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam

 And confessed all his sins in one night

 Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid

 Said she made him free reckless and young

 When he was through, what else could she do

 She just let that pony run

~Chorus~

 'Cause you do what you gotta do

 And you know what you know

 You hang on till you can't hang on

 Then you learn to let go

 And you get what you need sometimes

 When it's all said and done

 You do what you gotta do

 Then you let that pony run

Mary moved to West Virginia

After the shock wore off

 She got a divorce and a chestnut horse

 And a barn with an old hayloft

Sometimes she rides down by the river

Says it makes her feel reckless and young

She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight

 And she lets that pony run

~Chorus~

 'Cause you do what you gotta do

 And you know what you know

 You hang on till you can't hang on

 Then you learn to let go

 And you get what you need sometimes

 When it's all said and done

 You do what you gotta do

 Then you let that pony run

Let that pony run