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Margaret Downe

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[Intro]
|  G|  G|  G|  C/G|
|  G|  G|  G|  C/G|
|  D/F#|  D/F#| D/F#  
[Verse 1]
GMargaret in the morning
Sleeping on her siC/GdeC/G  
D/F#Tossin' men like C/Gnickles
Into an ever-rising tideG  
I Gguess she was a dentist
Before she fell in lovC/Ge
D/F#Freezin' leaden smilC/Ges
Just to give 'em upG  
[Chorus]
EmOh C/Goh oGh
D/F#Margaret GDowne
|  C/G|  D/F#|
|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|
[Verse 2]
GMargaret at the office
Margaret at eighteeC/Gn
She said D/F#"sit right down a minuteC/G"
She said "let me clean your teethG"
So we Gsettled down in Bozeman
In the corner of the worlC/Gd
And we D/F#raised a couple childrenC/G  
But we lost a little girlG  
[Chorus]
EmOh C/Goh-oGh
D/F#Margaret GDowne
|  C/G|  D/F#|
|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|
[Verse 3]
GHeartsick in montana we slowly grew aC/Gpart
The D/F#grocery clerk in MoncC/Gton
As you were dancing in the barG  
You Grushed him to the courtroom
Before the bed was coldC/G  
And deD/F#frosted out my windshieldC/G  
When you smiled then let me knowG  
[Chorus]
EmOh C/Goh-oGh
D/F#Margaret GDowne
|  C/G|  D/F#|
|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|
[Verse 4]
GMany cavities pulling
At our marriage's tender mC/Gouth
And at the D/F#root of all the problemC/Gs
Was a man across the canalG  
GMargaret left the practice
Late in '86C/G  
And I D/F#left behind the midC/Gwest
And forgot we ever kissedG  
[Chorus]
EmOh C/Goh-oGh
D/F#Margaret GDowne
|  C/G|  D/F#|
|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|
[Verse 5]
I Gknew she changed her number
But couldn't shake the couC/GghC/G  
D/F#The doctor gave her 6 weeksC/G  
Which only made her shrug it ofGf
GResting in her 5th week
I brought her buttercupC/Gs
TherD/F#e was too much to say between uC/Gs
And I'd only fuck it upG  
So GI stared up at the ceiling
And I held her little hC/Gands
And you D/F#knew that I forgC/Gave youC/G  C/G  
For making other plGansG  G  G  
[Chorus]
EmOh C/Goh-oGh
EmOh C/Goh-oGh
EmOh C/Ghoh-Goh-oohh-oh-oh
D/F#Margaret GDowne
|  C/G|  D/F#|
|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|  C/G|
[Outro]
GMargaret in the morning
Sleeping on her sidC/GeC/G  
D/F#Strolled into the waveC/Gs
Of an ever-rising tideG  

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Margaret Downe

by Aidan Knight

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C/G

D/F#

[Intro]

G G G C/G

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G G G C/G

| | | | |

D/F# D/F# D/F#

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[Verse 1]

Margaret in the morning

C/G C/G

Sleeping on her side

D/F# C/G

Tossin' men like nickles

Into an ever-rising tide

I guess she was a dentist

C/G

Before she fell in love

D/F# C/G

Freezin' leaden smiles

Just to give 'em up

[Chorus]

Em C/G G

Oh oh oh

D/F# G

Margaret Downe

C/G D/F#

| | |

C/G C/G C/G C/G

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[Verse 2]

Margaret at the office

C/G

Margaret at eighteen

D/F# C/G

She said "sit right down a minute"

She said "let me clean your teeth"

So we settled down in Bozeman

C/G

In the corner of the world

D/F# C/G

And we raised a couple children

But we lost a little girl

[Chorus]

Em C/G G

Oh oh-oh

D/F# G

Margaret Downe

C/G D/F#

| | |

C/G C/G C/G C/G C/G C/G

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[Verse 3]

G C/G

Heartsick in montana we slowly grew apart

D/F# C/G

The grocery clerk in Moncton

As you were dancing in the bar

You rushed him to the courtroom

C/G

Before the bed was cold

D/F# C/G

And defrosted out my windshield

When you smiled then let me know

[Chorus]

Em C/G G

Oh oh-oh

D/F# G

Margaret Downe

C/G D/F#

| | |

C/G C/G C/G C/G

| | | | |

[Verse 4]

Many cavities pulling

C/G

At our marriage's tender mouth

D/F# C/G

And at the root of all the problems

Was a man across the canal

Margaret left the practice

C/G

Late in '86

D/F# C/G

And I left behind the midwest

And forgot we ever kissed

[Chorus]

Em C/G G

Oh oh-oh

D/F# G

Margaret Downe

C/G D/F#

| | |

C/G C/G C/G C/G C/G C/G

| | | | | | |

[Verse 5]

I knew she changed her number

C/G C/G

But couldn't shake the cough

D/F# C/G

The doctor gave her 6 weeks

Which only made her shrug it off

Resting in her 5th week

C/G

I brought her buttercups

D/F# C/G

There was too much to say between us

And I'd only fuck it up

So I stared up at the ceiling

C/G

And I held her little hands

D/F# C/G C/G C/G

And you knew that I forgave you

G G G G

For making other plans

[Chorus]

Em C/G G

Oh oh-oh

Em C/G G

Oh oh-oh

Em C/G G

Oh hoh-oh-oohh-oh-oh

D/F# G

Margaret Downe

C/G D/F#

| | |

C/G C/G C/G C/G

| | | | |

[Outro]

Margaret in the morning

C/G C/G

Sleeping on her side

D/F# C/G

Strolled into the waves

Of an ever-rising tide

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