The return of maggie brown chords by Del Amitri

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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She stepped  (A major) off the bus with a
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burst  (G major) suit (E minor) case and a frown  (A major) 
And she could smell the breweries and
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 (G major) abattoirs  (E minor) on  the edge of town  (A major) 
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And the man  (G major) who owes her money  (D major) 
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won't even  (A major) lend her an ear
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When she  (G major) phones to demand  (D major) 
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his answer's  (A major) vague;
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He  (E minor) says,  (A major) "I'll get back to you but right  (G major) 
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now I've  (E minor) got to catch the plague."

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Down in a bargain basement  (G major) she goes
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to shuffle  (E minor) through ca (A major) reers
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When all they offer her is  (G major) friendship
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and peace  (E minor) souven (A major) irs
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And the recep (G major) tionist was  (D major) playing
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with a pen (A major) cil at her lip
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She  (G major) asked her if she  (D major) knew a place to sleep  (A major) 
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She says, "I'll get back to you but now  (G major) 
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I've got ap (E minor) pointments to keep."
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 (A major) 

Verse 3
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There was a shop called B.J.'s that she stepped  (G major) 
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into to get  (E minor) out of the gale  (A major) 
They sold only British manufactured,
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 (G major) lifetime  (E minor) guaranteed to  (A major) fail
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And a store  (G major) detective  (D major) asked her
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what she  (A major) had under her coat
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"It's  (G major) just a little something  (D major) that I wrote  (A major) 
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It says, 'I'll get back to you un (G major) less first your
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 (E minor) girlfriend slits  (A major) your throat.'"
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 (A minor) 

Verse 4
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 (A major) 
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And  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (A minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) by the time
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the sun set she was  (G major) penniless and  (E minor) frozen to the core  (A major) 
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 (E minor) The Sal (A major) vation Army girls re (G major) fused her
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on the ground (E minor) s they didn't know  (A major) her
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So she  (G major) asked them, well, for  (D major) advice,
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but  (A major) it turned out to be
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A Sunday  (G major) sport re (D major) porter who
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was  (A major) following his nose
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He said, "I'll get back to you but first  (G major) 
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we need a  (E minor) picture without clothes."
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 (A major) 

Verse 5
So she stepped back on that bus with a
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burst  (G major) suit (E minor) case and a frown  (A major) 
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She had come to the conclusion that this  (G major) 
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was not the place  (E minor) for Maggie Brown  (A major) 
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And it was  (G major) 6 in the morn (D major) ing
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when she  (A major) telephoned me
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Un (G major) til then I'd been  (D major) living on my knees  (A major) 
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But I got back up when  (G major) she got back  (D major) to me  (A major) 