Colonel Maggie chords by Roger Miller

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Verse 1
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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She got my self respect
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right back for me
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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With good old motherly
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sweet sympathy

Verse 2
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Flat down on the street with
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a bottle at my feet
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Gutter life and wine was all I craved
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Then she came up to me from
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the Salvation Army
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She thought that I was good
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enough to save

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Verse 3

Colonel Maggie is my friend

She tried to put some pride

back into me

Colonel Maggie is my friend

With good old motherly

sweet sympathy

Verse 4
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She helped me to my feet and
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she got me off the street
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I was far too sick to look ashamed
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Some soup and hot tea and
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a blanket over me
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And when we talked she called
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me by my name
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Colonel

Verse 5
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Maggie is my friend
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She tried to put some pride
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back into me
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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With good old motherly
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sweet sympathy

Verse 6
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Well that was years ago now
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I don't drink no more
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And rest her soul,
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old Maggies dead and gone
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And when my will- powers weak,
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I walk back to that street
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And Colonel Maggie seems
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to walk along

Verse 7
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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She tried to put some pride
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back into me
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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With good old motherly
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sweet sympathy

Verse 8
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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She tried to put some pride
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back into me
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Colonel Maggie is my friend
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With good old motherly sweet sympathy