Chords for Ronnie Drew - Since Maggie Went Away

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_ _ [A] No more I'll stroll, no more I'll stroll along the [E] Bohrain,
[A] Or see the scarlet poppies flame amid the cordon green.
[E] No more beneath [D] the hedge I'll watch [A] the butterflies [E] at play,
[D] For my heart is filled with woe, with [A] woe, since Maggie [D] went away.
_ [A] The sweet wild rose, the sweet wild rose that loved to [E] see us there,
[A] And seemed to bid us hope, now droops and tells me to despair.
[E] The linnet sings [D] his song [A] unheard, perched on a [E] leafy spray,
[F#m] For my heart is filled [D] with woe, with woe, since Maggie went away.
_ [A] The gentle flowers, the gentle flowers, their happy [E] charm is fled,
[A] And now they seem like blossoms strewn above the silent dead.
[E] Their symbol [D] now of sorrow deep, [A] and light's swift [E] sure decay,
[F#m] For my heart is [D] filled with woe, with [A] woe, since Maggie [D] went away. _
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_ _ [A] The heartless sun, the heartless sun, with splendour gills the skies,
And mocks with smiling beams a heart that now can only sigh.
[E] Shine on, bright [D] sun, shine on, while [A] I could curse thy [E] proud display,
[F#m] For my heart is filled with woe, with woe, since Maggie [D] went away.
_ [A] Then welcome grief, then welcome grief, man's warm [Em] true-hearted friend,
[A] For though all things be [D] false, thou still art [A] faithful to the end.
[E] And now I'll [D] walk alone with [A] thee till life [Em] turns into clay,
[F#m] For my heart is [A] filled with woe, with woe, since Maggie [D] went away. _ _ _
_ Since Maggie [A] went away. _ _ _
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