Maggie M'Gill

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

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Miss Maggie M'Gill, she lived on a hill 
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Her daddy got drunk and left her no will
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So she went down, down to  Tan-gie Town 
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People down there really like to get it on 

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Now if you're sad and you're feeling blue 
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Go out and buy a brand new pair of shoes 
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And you go down, down to Tan-gie Town 
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The people down there really like to get it on 
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Get it on 

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 Illegitimate son of a Rock and Roll star 
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 Illegitimate son of a Rock and Roll star 
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Mom met dad in the back of a Rock n' Roll car
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Yeah 

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Well, I'm an old blues man- 
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and I think that you understand 
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I've been singing the blues ever since the world began 

[repeat and fade]
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Maggie, Maggie, Maggie M'Gill
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Roll on, roll on, Maggie M'Gill

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