Maggie's Song
Written & Recorded by Chris Stapleton
Album: Starting Over (2020)

Intro.
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(Verse 1)
(G) Let me tell you a (Em)story a-(C)bout an old friend (G) of mine
(G) Somebody left her in a (Em)shopping cart in a (C)parking lot for us (D) to find
(G) Just a fuzzy black (Em)pup, she was (C)hungry and feeling (G) alone
(G) We put her in the (Em)back seat and (C)told her we were takin' her (G)home

(Chorus)
(G)Run, Maggie run (G/B) with theheart (C) of a rebel (G)child
Oh, (G)run, Maggie run, (G/B) be just as (C)free as you are (G) wild

(Verse 2)
(G) A few kids (Em)later, we (C)moved out on (G) the farm
(G) And she followed those (Em)kids around, yeah, she (C)kept them safe (D) from harm
(G) And she loved to (Em)chase squirrels and (C)playin' out in (G) the snow
(G) She'd take off like a (Em)bullet, man, (C) you should have seen her (G) go

(Chorus)
(G)Run, Maggie run (G/B) with the heart (C) of a rebel (G)child
Oh, (G)run, Maggie run, (G/B) be just as (C)free as you are (G) wild

Instrmental:  |(G) / (Em) / |(C) / (G) / | x 2

(Verse 3)
(G) It was rainin' on a (Em)Monday, the (C)day that Maggie (G)died
(G) She woke up and couldn't (Em)use her legs, so I (C)laid down by (D) her side
(G) She put her head on my (Em)hand like she'd (C)done so many (G)times
(G) I told her she was a (Em)good dog, then (C)I told her goodbye (G)

(Chorus)
(G)Run, Maggie run (G/B) with the heart (C) of a rebel (G)child
Oh, (G)run, Maggie run, (G/B) be just as (C)free as you are (G) wild

(Verse 4)
(G) I had a revel-(Em)ation as the (C)tractor dug a (G)hole
(G) I can (D/F#)tell you right (Em)now (D) that a (G)dog (C)has a soul
(G) And I thought to my-(Em)self  as we (C)buried her on (G) the hill
(G) I never knew me a (Em)better dog and I (C)guess I never (G) will

(Chorus)
(G)Run, Maggie run (Em) with the heart (C) of a rebel (G)child
Oh, (G)run, Maggie run, (Em) be just as (C)free as you are (G) wild
Oh, (G)run, (G/B)Maggie run (Em) (D) with the (C)heart of a rebel (G)child
Oh, run, (G) Maggie run, (Em) be just as (C)free as you are (G)wild - - - - -