Maggies Song chords by Chris Stapleton

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
G         Em
 Let me tell you a story
 C           G  C
About an old friend of mine
G     D/F#       Em
 Somebody left her in a shopping cart
   C         D
 In a parking lot for us to find
G          Em
 Just a fuzzy black pup
    C           G  C
She was hungry and feeling alone
G     D/F#       Em
 We put her in the back seat
  C              G   C
And told her we were taking her home

Chorus:
G      Bm
Run, Maggie run
     C      G    C
With the heart of a rebel child
  G      Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
      C        G
Be just as free as you are wild


Verse 2:
G      Em
 A few kids later
  C        G   C
We moved out on the farm
G     D/F#       Em
 And she followed those kids around
     C          D
 Yeah, she kept them safe from harm
G            Em
 And she loved to chase squirrels
  C          G  C
And playing out in the snow
G     D/F#       Em
 She'd take off like a bullet
  C             G  C
Man, you should have seen her go


Chorus:
G      Bm
Run, Maggie run
     C        G
With the heart of a rebel child
  G      Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
      C        G   C
Be just as free as you are wild


Interlude:
G Em C G
G Bm C G


Verse 3:
G          Em
 It was raining on a Monday
  C        G
The day that Maggie died
G     D/F#       Em
 She woke up and couldn't use her legs
   C       D
So I laid down by her side
G            Em
 She put her head on my hand
      C      G
Like she'd done so many times
G     D/F#       Em
 I told her she was a good dog
   C       G
Then I told her goodbye


Chorus:
G      Bm
Run, Maggie run
     C        G
With the heart of a rebel child
  G      Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
      C        G   C
Be just as free as you are wild


Verse 4:
G      Em
 I had a revelation
    C       G
As the tractor dug a hole
G     D/F#       Em
 I can tell you right now
    C     D
 That a dog has a soul
G          Em
 And I thought to myself
   C      G
As we buried her on the hill
G     D/F#       Em
 I never knew me a better dog
   C      G
And I guess I never will


Chorus:
G      Bm
Run, Maggie run
     C        G
With the heart of a rebel child
  G      Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
      C        G   C
Be just as free as you are wild

 G     Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
     C        G
With the heart of a rebel child
  G      Em
Oh, run, Maggie run
      C        G
Be just as free as you are wild