Ishmael And Maggie chords by The Trews

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Novice

Chords:
  G+G = 320033
Cadd2Cadd2 = x32033
Dsus4Dsus4 = xx0233
  C majorC = x32010
 C/BC/B = x2x010
 C/AC/A = x02010
 C/GC/G = 3xx010
  D MajorD = xx0232

Main riff:
  G+G            Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
  v v  v v v v ^ v ^  v   v
e|----3------------3-3-3----3------3-----|
BB|----3------------3-3-3----3------3-----|
G+G|----0---------0--0-0-0----0------2-----|
D MajorD|----0-------0----0-0-0----2------0-----|
A augmentedA|----2-----2------2-2-2----3------------|
E MajorE|-3------3--------3-3-3-----------------|

Intro:
G+G   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
G+G   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4


Verse:
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
Hello my name is Ishmael
G+G            Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
Forget the one about the whale
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
I'll tell you of a broken-hearted
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
sailor
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
Maggie took my loyalty
G+G            Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
I treated her like royalty
G+G                 Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
What starts out with such promise ends in
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
failure

Chorus:
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G      Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
But I been drinkin' too much, I better go home
G+G       Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
And I think here I'm better off alone
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
But I been thinking too much, I better go home


Verse:
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
All hail the Queen of cruelty, she has
G+G         Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
duly been anointed
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
These final words "her majesty" had
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
to say
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
"He who expects nothing never
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
will be disappointed" Nothing's
G+G           Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
what she left me so I guess i'm
G+G          Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
okay


Chorus:
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G      Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
But I been drinkin' too much, I better go home
G+G       Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
And I think here we all stand alone
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
But I been thinking too much, I better go home


Bridge:
C majorC  C/BC/B C/AC/A C/GC/G D MajorD
Lie lie lie lie lie
C majorC  C/BC/B C/AC/A C/GC/G D MajorD
Lie lie lie lie lie


Verse:
G+G            Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
A augmentedA promise made to a tab unpaid
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
It's home I wade to my bed unmade
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
A augmentedA fool to think that I could ever
G+G            Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
change her
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
A augmentedA king upon my barstool throne
G+G           Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
I vow to never drink alone
G+G              Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
I only drink with friends or total
G+G            Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
strangers


Bridge:
 G*  x  x  x  x   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
We're all broken hearted here
 G*  x  x  x  x   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
We're all broken hearted here
 G*  x  x  x  x   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
We're all broken hearted here
 G*  x  x  D MajorD
We're all broken


Chorus:
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G      Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
But I been drinkin' too much, I better go home
G+G       Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
And I think here we all stand alone
G+G             Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4  G+G    Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
But I been thinking too much, I better go home
Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G
 I better go home
Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G
 I better go home
Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G
 I better go home
Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G
 I better go home
Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4 G+G
 I better go home


Outro:
G+G   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
G+G   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
G+G   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
G+G   Cadd2Cadd2 Dsus4Dsus4
G+G

🏷Legend:
v = Downstroke
^ = Upstroke
* = Strum once
x = Strum muted strings