Key: D major•
Intro 1
A
Verse 1
G
Em
A
burst suitcase and a frown
And she could smell the breweries and
G
Em
A
abattoirs on the edge of town
G
D
And the man who owes her money
G
D
When she phones to demand
Em
A
G
He says, "I'll get back to you but right
Interlude 1
A
Verse 2
Em
A
to shuffle through careers
Em
A
and peace souvenirs
G
D
And the receptionist was playing
G
D
A
She asked her if she knew a place to sleep
A
Verse 3
G
There was a shop called B.J.'s that she stepped
Em
A
into to get out of the gale
They sold only British manufactured,
G
Em
A
lifetime guaranteed to fail
G
D
And a store detective asked her
G
D
A
"It's just a little something that I wrote
G
It says, 'I'll get back to you unless first your
Em
A
girlfriend slits your throat.'"
Am
Verse 4
A
Em
A
G
Em
And
A
G
D
A
G
D
A
Am
G
Em
A
D
G
Em
A
the sun set she was penniless and frozen to the core
Em
A
G
The Salvation Army girls refused her
Em
A
on the grounds they didn't know her
G
D
So she asked them, well, for advice,
G
D
A Sunday sport reporter who
A
Verse 5
So she stepped back on that bus with a
G
Em
A
burst suitcase and a frown
Em
A
was not the place for Maggie Brown
G
D
And it was 6 in the morning
G
D
A
Until then I'd been living on my knees
G
D
A
But I got back up when she got back to me
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G Em D Am
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