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Chords and Lyrics for Maryland, My Maryland

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Traditional Music
Words by James Ryder Randall

VERSE 1

    G             D  G 
The despot's heel is on thy shore,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

                D   G 
His torch is at thy temple door,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

           C    D7 
Avenge the patriotic gore 

                            G 
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,

              D   G 
And be the battle queen of yore,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

  
VERSE 2 

     G       D    G 
Hark to an exiled son's appeal,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

                 D  G 
My Mother State, to thee I kneel!

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

             C          D7 
For life and death, for woe and weal,

                   G 
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,

                 D     G 
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,

Am       D7 G 
Maryland my Maryland!

  
VERSE 3

     G           D  G 
Thou wilt not cower in the dust,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

                  D     G 
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

         C         D7 
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,

                  G 
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,

                D      G   
And all thy slumb'rers with the just,

Am        D7 G 
Maryland, my Maryland!

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Chords

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Instrument Chords
Banjo A Minor C Major D Major D7 G Major
Guitar A Minor C Major D Major D7 G Major
Mandolin A Minor C Major D Major D7 G Major
Piano A Minor C Major D Major D7 G Major
Ukulele A Minor C Major D Major D7 G Major

Sheet Music for Maryland, My Maryland

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