Maggie May Chords

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Maggie May by Rod Stewart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, C, Dm, Em and Gsus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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    G                 F                          C  
1. Wake up Maggie I think I've got something to say to you. 
          G                     F               C 
    It's late September and I really should be back at school. 
        F               C             F             G 
    I know I keep you amused, but I feel I'm being used. 
        Dm                       Em       Dm       Gsus  G 
    Oh Maggie I couldn`t have tried any more. 
         Dm                  G             Dm                    G 
    You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone. 
          Dm                   G                 C 
    You stole my heart, and that's what really hurts. 
        G                      F                     C 
2. The morning sun, when it's in your face, really shows your age. 
          G                  F                        C 
    But that don't worry me none, in my eyes you're everything. 
        F                  C         F                       G 
    I laughed at all your jokes, my love you didn't need to coax. 
        Dm                      Em        Dm     Gsus  G 
    Oh Maggie I couldn`t have tried any more. 
         Dm                  G            Dm                    G 
    You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone. 
          Dm                      G        F      C 
    You stole my soul that's a pain I can do without. 
    G                   F                C 
3. All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand. 
           G                        F                         C 
  But you turned into a lover and, mother, what a lover, you wore me out. 
     F                        C               F                      G 
    All you did was wreck my bed, and in the morning kick me in the head. 
        Dm                       Em       Dm     Gsus  G 
    Oh Maggie I couldn`t have tried any more   
         Dm                  G               Dm                  G 
    You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone. 
          Dm                         G        F       C 
    You stole my heart, I couldn't leave you if, I tried. 
  

   G                   F                        C 
4. I suppose I could collect my books and get on  back to school. 
         G               F                          C 
    Or steal my daddy's cue, make a living out of playing pool. 
        F                           C            F              G 
    Or find myself a rock and roll band,  that needs a helping hand. 
        Dm                    Em             Dm     Gsus  G 
    Oh Maggie, I wished I'd never seen your face. 
                Dm                       G              Dm                  G 
    You made a first class fool out of me, but I'm as blind as a fool can be. 
         Dm                   G     F     C       G F C     G F C 
    You stole my heart but I love you anyway. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante