Maggie McGill (5th position)

The song's in Am.  This is 5th position.

Use those bends right and you can add a lot of texture to this song.

The optional (1 2)s sound good played staccato.

              or (1 2)               (1 2)
 2    2   2 -1   2    -1    2   2 -1  2
Miss Mag-gie M'-Gill, she lived on a hill

               (1 2)(1 2)           (1 2) (1 2)
-1   2  2  -1    2    2   2    2  -1  2    2
Her dad-dy got drunk and left her no will  so

-3”  -3” -2 2   -2  2  2 -1  2   2
She went down, down to Tan- gie Town

(or -7 -9   -7   -7    -7  -6  -7  -7 -7  6  5)
    -3 -4   -3   -3    -3  -3” -3  -3 -3  -2 2
   Peo-ple down there real-ly like to get it on



 -3 -3   -3’  -3   2    2     -3  -3’ -3 2
Now if you're sad and you're feel-ing blue

-3 -3  -3’ -3  2   2    2   -3  -3’ -3    2
Go out and buy a brand new pair of shoes and

-3  -3  -3”   -2  2 -2 -1  2   2
You go down, down to Tan- gie Town

( -7    -8 -8   -8   -7    -7  -6  -7  -7 -7  6  5)
  -3    -4 -4   -4   -3    -3  -3” -3  -3 -3  -2 2   
'Cause peo-ple down there real-ly like to get it on

(-7  6  5)
 -3  -2 2      -1  2
 Get it on     uh-huh (my suggestion)

Organ solo:
5 5    5 5 -4 4 -3”    5 5 -4 4 -3” 5

5 5    5 5 -4 4 -3”    5 5 -4 4 -3” 5

5 5 5   6 6 5

5 5    5 5 -4 4 -3”    5 5 -4 4 -3”

6 6 6 6  -6 -6 -6 -6

5 5    5 5 -4 4 -3”    5 5 -4 4 -3” 4



2  2  2  2   -1   2  2 -1  2  -1   -2   2
Il-le-gi-ti-mate son of a Rock n' Roll star

2  2  2  2   -1   2  2 -1  2  -1   -2   2
Il-le-gi-ti-mate son of a Rock n' Roll star

 2   2   2  2  -1   2   2 -1  2  -1   -2   2
Mom met dad in the back of a Rock n' Roll car

  2    2  -1  2    2  -2 2
Well, I'm an old blues man 

 2  2  -2    2    2  -1  2    2
And I think that you un-der-stand

 2    2    -2  -2   2  -3 2
I've been sing-in’ the blues 

2 -1    2   -1  -2 -1 2   2
E-ver since the world be-gan


                             (1 2)
 2  -1    2   2    2   2 -1   2
Mag-gie, Mag-gie, Mag-gie M'-Gill

                             (1 2)
 2   -1   2   2    2   2 -1   2
Roll on, roll on, Mag-gie M'-Gill


(Optional ending):

 5    5   5  -4   4      5    5   5  -4  4
Miss Mag-gie  M’-Gill.  She lived on  a hill

 5   5  5  -4    4    4   5    5  -4  4   4
Her dad-dy got drunk and left her no will so

-6   -6   6     6   5   6  -4   5
She went down, down to Tan-gie Town

 6   6   6     6    -6  -6  -6  -6 -7  6  5
Peo-ple down there real-ly like to get it on

-7  6  5   -4  5
Get it on, uh-huh