Maggie Chords by Colin Hay

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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _
When [Eb] I first set [Fm] eyes on you, _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ [Bb] first [Fm] you beat me [Ab] up, then you kissed [Eb] me too.
_ [Fm] _ We'd throw [Eb]
stones into [Fm] the sea, _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bbm] there were [Fm] no others there, [Ab] just you [Eb] and me.
[Fm] _ I crossed the [Eb] bridge and down the lane, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] I knew [Fm] I loved you then, [Ab] you said you did the [Eb] same. _ _
[Db] Oh [Ab] Maggie, _ [Db] what have you [Ab] done?
_ [Db] I should have seen [Ab] it coming, to your side I'd [Eb] run.
_ _ [Db] Oh [Ab] Maggie, come to me [Ab] tonight, _
[Db] I [Ab] will wait up for you, make sure [Eb] you're alright, [Fm] I miss [Eb] you. _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] You taught me how to sink or [Fm] swim, [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] when I was [Fm] scared that day, [Ab] you just pushed [Eb] me in.
_ [Fm] And [Eb] when nobody [Fm] was around, _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bbm] you let [Fm] me kiss you then, there the [Eb] love I found.
_ [Fm] _ I said [Eb] I'd never let you [Fm] go, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] you [Fm] just smiled at me, [Ab] how was I [Eb] to know?
_ [Db] _ [Ab] Oh Maggie, _ [Db] what [Ab] am I to do?
_ [Db] _ How can [Ab] I live with only memories [Eb] of you?
_ [Db] _
[Ab] Oh Maggie, [Db] _ tell me [Ab] the truth, [Db] when your ship [Ab] was sinking, _ did you think [Eb] it through?
[Fm] I [Eb] miss you.
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Fm] You were [Eb] the fountain [Fm] of my youth, _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _ and [Fm] when I fumbled, [Ab] you showed me what [Eb] to do.
[Fm] _
And when [Eb] we were [Fm] both seventeen, [Db] _ _
_ [Bbm] you left [Fm] me standing [Ab] there, but you were [Eb] never mean.
_ [Fm] And [Eb] when I saw you out [Fm] with him, _ _ _ [Bbm] _
he looked [Fm] much older, [Ab] and you looked [Eb] very thin.
_ [Fm] I hadn't [Eb] heard from [Fm] you in years, [Db] _ _ _ and [Fm] then your mama called, [Ab] she couldn't speak for [Eb] tears.
[Fm] She said [Eb] you left [Fm] me, you know, _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ inside my [Fm] pocket, _ [Ab] with these words [Eb] you wrote.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] Hey darling boy, [Db] don't you [Ab] cry for me, _ [Db] I [Ab] am forever yours, now that I [Eb] am free.
_ [Db] We'll [Ab] be together, [Db] throw stones [Ab] into the sea, _ [Db] _ there'll be [Ab] no others there, just you [Eb] and me.
[Fm] I [Eb] miss you.
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[Bbm] Maggie's gone, [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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[Fm] _ I [Eb] think you came the other [Fm] night, _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] you stroked [Fm] my brow, [Ab] your eyes were [Eb] full of light.
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It may [Eb] have only [Fm] been a dream, _ [Db] _ _
[Bb] _ [Bbm] but [Fm] I will walk with you [Ab] to places [Eb] I never [Fm] have [Eb] been. _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] Maggie's gone.
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
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