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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
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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
