Maggie May chords by Judy Garland
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
D
For I was a real damned fool
in the port of Liverpool
G
D
The first time that I came
G
home from the sea
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
C
When I drew the tin I grinned,
G
but I very soon got skinned
C
By a girl by the name of Maggie
May
Verse 3
D
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May,
G
they've taken you away
D
They've sent you to Van
G
A
Diemen's cruel shore
D
For you robbed so many a sailor,
G
C
and skinned so many a whaler
D
And you'll never shine in Paradise
Street no more
G
I shan't forget the
Verse 4
D
C
G
D
day when
G
D
G
I first met Maggie May
She was cruising up and down on
D
Canning Place
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
A
For you robbed so many a sailor,
D
and skinned so many a whaler
And you'll never shine
G
in Paradise Street no more
C
Next day I woke in bed, with a sore
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,
D
"My dear sir,
They're down in Kelly's knock-
shop, number nine"
Verse 7
D
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May,
A
they've taken you away
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
B
Paradise Street no more
Verse 8
D
Oh, you thieving Maggie May, you
A
E
A
robbed me of my pay
When I slept with you last night ashore
And the judge he guilty found her of
D
robbing a homeward- bounder
E
And she'll never roam down
A
Paradise Street no more
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away
Verse 9
F#
They've sent you to
Van Diemen's
cruel shore
E
F
For you robbed so many a sailor,
Bm
and skinned so many a whaler
F
E
And you'll never shine in Paradise
F
E
A
Street no
E
A
E
A
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Maggie May
Judy Garland
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