Maggie May

Rod Stewart

[Intro]

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Verse-1

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Wake up maggie I	think I got something to	say to you

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It’s	late September and I	really should be	back at school

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I know I keep you amus	ed but I	feel I’m being	used

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Oh	Maggie I couldn’t have	tried any	more

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You	lured me away from home

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Just to	save you from being alone

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You	stole my heart but I	love you	anyway

Verse-2

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The morning sun when it’s	in your face really	shows your age

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But	that don’t worry me	none in my eyes you’re	everything

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I	laughed at all of your	jokes my	love you didn’t need to	coax

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Oh	Maggie I couldn’t have	tried any	more

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You	led me away from home

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Just to	save you from being alone

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You	stole my soul and it’s a	pain	do with	out

Verse-3

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All I needed was a	friend to lend a	guiding hand

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But you	turned into a lover and	mother what a lover, you	wore me out

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All you did was wreck my	bed and in the	morning kick me in the	head

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Oh	Maggie I couldn’t have	tried any	more

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You	led me away from home

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Cause you	didn’t want to be a	lon	e

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You	stole my heart, I couldn’t	leave you	if I	tried

Solo

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Verse-4

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I suppose I could	collect my books and get on	back to school

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Or	steal my daddy’s	cue and make a living out of	playing pool

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Or	find myself a rock and roll	band that	needs a helpin	hand

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Oh	Maggie I wish I’d	never seen your f	ace

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You	made a first-class fool out of	me

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But	I’m as blind as a fool can be

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You	stole my heart but I	love you	any	way

Solo (2x)

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Mandolin part

[Outro] (repeat and fade)

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Maggie I wish I’d never seen your face

I’ll get on back home one of these days