Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
G
C
Now
G
D
G
gather
round you sailor
boys, and listen to my plea
And when you've heard my
tale you'll pity me
in the port of Liverpool
G
D
The first time that I came
Verse 2
G
C
I was paid off at the Home,
Am
D
from a voyage to Sierra Le one
Two pounds ten and
sixpence was my pay
May
Verse 3
G
A
Diemen's cruel shore
G
C
and skinned so many a whaler
Street no more
Verse 4
D
C
G
D
day when
G
D
G
I first met Maggie May
She was cruising up and down on
With a figure so divine,
G
D
G
like a frigate of the line
C
Am
D
C
So, being a sailor, I gave chase
G
C
Oh, Maggie, Maggie
Verse 5
C
May,
G
D
G
they've taken you away
They've sent you to Van
Diemen's cruel shore
And you'll never shine
Verse 6
C
and aching head
D
No shoes, or shirt, or trousers could I find
G
A
I asked her where they were, and she answered,
They're down in Kelly's knock-
shop, number nine"
Verse 7
They've sent you to Van
Diemen's cruel shore
For you robbed so many a sailor,
and skinned so many a whaler
And you'll never shine in
Verse 8
A
E
A
robbed me of my pay
When I slept with you last night ashore
And the judge he guilty found her of
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away
Verse 9
Van Diemen's
cruel shore
E
F
For you robbed so many a sailor,
F
E
And you'll never shine in Paradise
F
E
A
Street no
E
A
E
A
more
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TunerE A D G B E
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