Peggy-o

[This is closest to the Baez 
version.]

Transcribed by Nick Munn (*)


 C             Am   Em    F   C
 As we marched down to Fennario
    C  G            C  G  C   G
 As we marched down to Fennario
     Am      G       C           
 Our captain fell in love with a 
G           F      C
lady like a dove
         C            Am     Em  
 And the name she was called was 
       F     C
pretty Peggy-O


The main embellishment I use is on 
the F chords. In the first and last
lines, I hammer on the A note on the
 G string, i.e. play
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E---1------1-----| 
B---1--------1---| 
G---0h2--0-----2-| 
D---3------------| 
A---3------------| 
E---1------------| 

or similar. On "dove" at the end of 
line 3 I play something like
E------------1---------------1---
B----------1---------------1-----
G------0h2-----------0-h-2-------
D--2-h-3-------2-h-3-------------
A--2-h-3-------2-h-3-------------
E--------------------------------
E|0--| 
B|1--| 
G|0--| 
D|2--| 
A|3--| 
E|---| 

Other verses (again, close to 
Baez's):

Won't you come and go with me, 
pretty Peggy-O? (x2)
In coaches you shall ride with your 
true love by your side
Just as grand as any lady in the 
are-o

What would your mother think, pretty
 Peggy-O? (x2)
What would your mother think for to 
hear the guineas clink
And the soldiers all marching before
 you?

You're the man that I adore, sweet 
William-O (x2)
You're the man that I adore, but 
your fortune is too low
I'm afraid that my mother would be 
angry-o

Come tripping down the stairs, 
pretty Peggy-O (x2)
Come tripping down the stairs and 
tie up your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to sweet 
William-O

If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O 
(x2)
If ever I return then the city I 
shall burn
And destroy all the ladies in the 
are-o

Our captain he is dead, pretty 
Peggy-O (x2)
Our captain he is dead, and he died 
for a maid
And he's buried in Louisiana 
county-o.

Nick

"To a philosopher all _news_, as it 
is called, is gossip, and they who 
edit
 and read it are old women over 
their tea." - H.D. Thoreau, "Walden"