Little Maggie

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I V VII

Verse 1

G                         F      D
Over yonder stands little Maggie
G                 D      G
With a dram glass in her hand
G                       F       D
She's drinking away her trouble
G              D          G
And a courting some other man

Verse 2

G                 F        D
Oh how can I ever stand it
G           D        G
To see them two blue eyes
G                F         D
A shining in the moonlight
G                 D      G
Like two diamonds in the sky

Verse 3

G                            F        D
Pretty flowers were made for blooming
G                 D       G
Pretty stars were made to shine
G                          F      D
Pretty women were made for loving
G                 D        G
Little Maggie was made for mine

Verse 4

G                      F      D
Last time a saw little Maggie
G                                   G
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
G                  F         D
With a forty-four around her
G           D      G
And a banjo on her knee

Verse 5

G                      F      D
Go away go away little Maggie
G             D        G
Go and do the best you can
G                   F     D
I’ll get me another woman
G               D       G
You can get you another man