E A D G B E
E7: XX0434
Eb7: XX0323
D7: XX0212

[Intro]
E7   Eb7   D7

[Chorus]
E7   A                                            E
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
                 (E)
And she'll never walk down Lime Street
        B7
any more
               E
Well the judge he guilty found her, of
A
robbin' a homeward-bounder
         E                     B            E
That dirty, robbin', no good, Maggie May


[Verse 1]
       A
Oh, gather round you sailor boys, and
                     E
listen to my plea
                                           B7
And when you've heard my tale, pity me.
         E                               A
For I was a ruddy fool in the port of
Liverpool
        E
The first time that I come home from the
B7
sea

[Verse 2]
          E                                                  A
I was paid off at the home from the port of Sierra Leone
E                                        B7
Four pounds ten a month it was me pay
            E                                      A
With a pocket full of tin, I was very soon took in
         E                   B          E
By a girl with the name of Maggie May

[Chorus]
E7   A                                            E
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
                 (E)
And she'll never walk down Lime Street
        B7
any more
              E
For she robbed so many sailors and
A
captains of the whalers
         E                     B           E
That dirty, robbin', no good, Maggie May

[Verse 3]
               A                                     E
Oh, well do I remember when I first met Maggie May
                (E)
She was cruising up and down Canning
B7
Place
              E                                     A
She'd a figure so divine, like a frigate of the line
        E                                   B7
and me being just a sailor, I gave chase

[Verse 4]
                   E                                       A
Well in the morning I awoke, I was flat and stoney broke
       E                                      B7
No Jacket, trousers, waistcoat could I find
             E
When I asked her where they were she
A
said, "My very good sir,”
              E                        B
They're down in Kelly's pawnshop number
E
nine

[Chorus]
E7   A                                           E
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
                 (E)
And she'll never walk down Lime Street
        B7
any more
              E
For she robbed so many sailors and
A
captains of the whalers
         E                     B            E
That dirty, robbin', no good, Maggie May


[Break]
A       E
E       B7
E       A
E  B  E


[Verse 5]
                     A
Well, to the pawnshop I did go, no clothes
             E
could I find
            E
So the policeman come and took that girl
B7
away
              E
Well the judge he guilty found her, of
A
robbin' a homeward-bounder
        E                             B     E
And paid her passage out to Botany Bay


[Chorus]
E7   A                                            E
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
                 (E)
And she'll never walk down Lime Street
        B7
any more
              E
For she robbed so many sailors and
A
captains of the whalers
         E                     B            E
That dirty, robbin', no good, Maggie May