{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1879814,"song":"Maggie Mae","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11422211-maggie-mae-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1879814?type=chord","rating":4.53341,"votes":14,"content":"MAGGIE MAE Traditional Liverpool Song\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] \r\n\r\n(repeat as many times as you like!)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow gather round me sailor boys and listen to me plea, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when you hear me tale you’ll pity me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I was a goddamned fool in the port of Liverpool [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nThe first time that I came home from sea [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was paid off at the Home, from a voyage to Sierra Leone:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTwo pounds ten and sixpence was me pay.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWith a pocket full of tin I was soon taken in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy a girl with the name of Maggie May[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe robbed so many sailors and captains of the whalers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nThat dirty robbing no good Maggie May[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh well do I remember when I first met Maggie May,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]A[/ch]                                          \r\nShe was cruising up and down Old Canning Place,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe'd a figure so divine, like a frigate of the line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd me being a sailor I gave chase.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext morning I awoke, I was flat and stoney broke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]                                    \r\nNo jacket, trousers, waistcoat could I find.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I asked her where they were, she said \"Oh my dear sir,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're down in Kelly's, locker number nine!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe robbed so many sailors and captains of the whalers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nThat dirty robbing no good Maggie May[/tab]\r\n\r\nOptional instrumental chorus\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the pawnshop I did go but no clothes there did I find,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A[/ch]                          \r\nAnd the policeman came and took that girl away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe judge he guilty found her of robbing a homeward bounder,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd paid her passage back to Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe robbed so many sailors and captains of the whalers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nThat dirty robbing no good Maggie May[/tab]\r\n\r\n(repeat chorus to end)","plain_text":"MAGGIE MAE Traditional Liverpool Song\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nD  G  D  A \n\n(repeat as many times as you like!)\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOptional instrumental chorus\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat chorus to end)","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}