Roger Miller – Swiss Maid (Guitar)

Capo 4
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[Verse 1]
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 One time, a long time ago..  on a mountain in Switzerland,

E                  A
yoh, loh, loh, loh, loh..

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 there lived a fair young maiden..  lovely but lonely,

E               A
yoh, hoh, hoh, hoh.
[Chorus]
A              D
 Day after day,  she'd pine her heart away,

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yoh, loh, loh, loh, lay de yay,  but no love came her way.
[Verse 2]
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One day, her papa said..'Some day we'll go down to

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the village in the valley, then you'll meet a nice

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young man, who’ll ask for your hand, then you'll be happy.
[Instrumental]
G             C             G
Oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..

C         G              D       G
Ommp pah..oomp pah pah...pah pah pah..

G             C             G
Oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..

G             C             D       G
Ommp pah pah..oomp pah pah..pah pah pah..
[Verse 3]
A               D      A       D
But very day she grew unhappier, on a mountain in

A           E7                 A
Switzerland, yoh, loh, loh, loh, loh.

A          D          A        D            A
Every day a little bit lonelier..which way to turn

    E7          A
and which way to go?
[Chorus]
A                   D
Day after day, she'd pine her heart away,

A                         E7               A
yoh, loh, loh, loh, lay de yay,  but no love came her way.
[Verse 4]
A                           A7
Some say the maiden's dream, never came true..

                           D
she never got to go to the valley,

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if she did or not, I really don't know, whoa, hoh, hoh, hoh..

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did she die unhappy?
[Verse 5]
D          A        E7       A
I'd rather think she found her love.

D               A            E7      A
Wouldn't she be better if she did find love..?

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somewhere, some way..yodel-ady-oh..yodel-ady-ay.