Misc Traditional – Maryland My Maryland (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
G D G Am D7 G
[Verse 1]
G D G Am D7 G The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G Avenge the patriotic gore, that flecked the streets of Baltimore, D G Am D7 G And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland, my Maryland.
[Verse 2]
G D G Am D7 G Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G My mother State! to thee I kneel, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, D G Am D7 G And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 3]
G D G Am D7 G Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G Thy beaming sword shall never rust, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G Remember Carroll's sacred trust, Remember Howard’s warlike thrust,— D G Am D7 G And all thy slumberers with the just, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 4]
G D G Am D7 G Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G Come with thy panoplied array, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G With Ringgold’s spirit for the fray, With Watson’s blood at Monterey, D G Am D7 G With fearless Lowe and dashing May, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 5]
G D G Am D7 G Come! for thy shield is bright and strong, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G Come to thine own anointed throng, Stalking with Liberty along, D G Am D7 G And sing thy dauntless slogan song, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 6]
G D G Am D7 G Dear Mother! Burst the tyrant's chain, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G Virginia should not call in vain, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G She meets her sisters on the plain— "Sic semper tyrannis” 'tis the proud refrain D G Am D7 G That baffles minions back amain, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 7]
G D G Am D7 G I see the blush upon thy cheek, Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G For thou wast ever bravely meek, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G But lo! there surges forth a shriek, From hill to hill, from creek to creek— D G Am D7 G Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 8]
G D G Am D7 G Thou wilt not yield the Vandals tool Maryland, my Maryland! G D G Am D7 G Thou wilt not crook to his control, Maryland, my Maryland! C D7 G Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl, D G Am D7 G Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland! My Maryland!
[Verse 9]
G D G Am D7 G I hear the distant thunder-hum, Maryland, My Maryland! G D G Am D7 G The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland, My Maryland! C D7 G She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb—Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum! D G Am D7 G She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come! Maryland! My Maryland!