Maggie May Uke tab by Windrose Game (Baritone Chords)

3 Chords used in the song: F, C, G7

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2.33
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Oh [F baritone chordF] Maggie, Maggie May, they have [C baritone chordC] taken you away,
To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel [G7 baritone chordG7] shore,
Oh you [C baritone chordC] robbed so many whalers, and [F baritone chordF] many drunken sailors
But you'll [C baritone chordC] never cruise 'round [G7 baritone chordG7] Liverpool no [C baritone chordC] more

Now [C baritone chordC] come here all you [C baritone chordC] sailors pull and [F baritone chordF] listen to me [C baritone chordC] tale,
I [C baritone chordC] know you all will sadly pity [G7 baritone chordG7] me,
For I [C baritone chordC] was a ruddy fool in the [F baritone chordF] port of Liverpool,
On the [C baritone chordC] voyage when I [G7 baritone chordG7] first paid off from [C baritone chordC] sea.

I was [F baritone chordF] paid off at the Home, for our [C baritone chordC] boys from Sierra Leone,
2 pounds 10 a month had been my [G7] pay,
As I [C baritone chordC] jingled in me tin, I was [F baritone chordF] sadly taken in
By a [C baritone chordC] lady of the [G7 baritone chordG7] name of Maggie [C baritone chordC] May.

Oh [F baritone chordF] Maggie, Maggie May, they have [C baritone chordC] taken you away,
To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel [G7 baritone chordG7] shore,
Oh you [C baritone chordC] robbed so many whalers, and [F baritone chordF] many drunken sailors
But you'll [C baritone chordC] never cruise 'round [G7 baritone chordG7] Liverpool no [C baritone chordC] more

[F baritone chordF] When I steered into her, though I [C baritone chordC] hadn't got a care
I was cruise'n up and down ol' Cannon [G7 baritone chordG7] Place
She was [C baritone chordC] dressed in a gown so fine like a [F baritone chordF] Frigate on the line
And [C baritone chordC] I be'n just a [G7 baritone chordG7] sailor-man, gave [C baritone chordC] chase

Oooh next [F baritone chordF] morn when I awoke and I [C baritone chordC] found that I was broke
I hadn't got a penny I could [G7 baritone chordG7] find
So I [C baritone chordC] had to pawn me suit, me [F baritone chordF] dunnels and me boots
down [C baritone chordC] in the Parklay [G7 baritone chordG7] pawn shop number [C baritone chordC] nine.

Oh [F baritone chordF] Maggie, Maggie May, they have [C baritone chordC] taken you away,
To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel [G7 baritone chordG7] shore,
Oh you [C baritone chordC] robbed so many whalers, and [F baritone chordF] many drunken sailors
But you'll [C baritone chordC] never cruise 'round [G7 baritone chordG7] Liverpool no [C baritone chordC] more

[C baritone chordC] Oh you theive'n Maggie May you [F baritone chordF] robbed me of me pay
[C baritone chordC] When I slept with you last night [G7 baritone chordG7] ashore
Oh it's [C baritone chordC] guilty the jury found her, of [F baritone chordF] rob'n a homeward bounder
and she'll [C baritone chordC] never roll down [G7 baritone chordG7] Paradise street no [C baritone chordC] more

She was [F baritone chordF] chained and sent away from [C baritone chordC] Liverpool one day
The lads all cheered as she sailed down the [G7 baritone chordG7] Bay
And [C baritone chordC] every sailor lad, he [F baritone chordF] only was too glad
That they [C baritone chordC] sent the old whore [G7 baritone chordG7] out to Botany [C baritone chordC] Bay

Oh [F baritone chordF] Maggie, Maggie May, they have [C baritone chordC] taken you away,
To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel [G7 baritone chordG7] shore,
Oh you [C baritone chordC] robbed so many whalers, and [F baritone chordF] many drunken sailors
But you'll [C baritone chordC] never cruise 'round [G7 baritone chordG7] Liverpool no [C baritone chordC] more

Uke tab by , 14 Jun 2026

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