[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
F F** Bb**
Oh, Maggie, Maggie, Maggie she's the prettiest girl in town,
F F** Dm
all the boys try to court her but she always turns them down.
F F** Bb**
She swoops like a swallow and she's dancing in the barn
F F** Bb
with her head up in the rafters and her feet pounding on the boards.
[Chorus]
Dm C** Bb
Oh, Maggie, she's a wildflower everybody knows,
Dm** C**
you can't pick her, you can't plant her,
Bb**
you can't tell her where to [Interlude] grow.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
F F** Bb**
Oh, Maggie, Maggie, Maggie slips out late at night,
F F** Dm
goes waltzing by the river with the stars in her eyes.
F F** Bb**
You'd chance her for a phantom if you saw her on the banks,
F F** Bb
oh, Maggie mine in a white lace dress where the wild river sings.
[Chorus]
Dm C** Bb
Oh, Maggie, she's a wildflower everybody knows,
Dm** C**
you can't pick her, you can't plant her,
Bb**
you can't tell her where to [Interlude] grow.
[Interlude]
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| F | F Bb | F | C** | F |
[Verse 3]
F F** Bb**
Oh, Maggie, Maggie, Maggie sitting in the tallest tree,
F F** Dm
smoking on a cigarette, yeah, she has no time for me.
F F** Bb**
she's further than the forest when I'm standing in the field
F F** Bb
and all the prairie ghosts are crying because they know just how I feel.
[Chorus]
Dm C** Bb
Oh, Maggie, she's a wildflower everybody knows,
Dm** C**
you can't pick her, you can't plant her,
Bb** F
you can't tell her where to grow.
[Chorus]
Dm C** Bb
Oh, Maggie, she's a wildflower everybody knows,
Dm** C**
you can't pick her, you can't plant her,
Bb**
you can't tell her where to [Interlude] grow.
[Interlude]
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| F | F Bb | F | C** | F |
[Verse 1] (Reprise, you could play Rings)
F F** Bb**
Oh, Maggie, Maggie, Maggie she's the prettiest girl in town,
F F** Dm
all the boys try to court her but she always turns them down.
F F** Bb**
She swoops like a swallow and she's dancing in the barn
F*
with her head up in the rafters
F* C* Dm* F* F*
and her feet pounding on the boards.