Maid of the River
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Written by Rev. Hammer. Appears on the Levellers' "Zeitgeist" album.
Trans. by Alan Bigham, 23/5/99.
This song is really easy, it's only got 4 chords. Also, if you have
a capo, put it on the 2nd fret, and play Am C G and E chords.
Intro
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Bm D A Bm
Verse
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Bm
She's the maid of the river
D
So beautifully plain
A
As fresh as the country
Bm
That gave her her name
Bm
As crisp as the snow
D
And as swift as the rain
A
She shone like the sun
Bm
Before all of our games
Bm
She shone like a jewel
D
But her price was not gold
A
She cried more than most
Bm
When her story was told
Bm
But her people were evil
D
Left her barren and cold
A
And her heart went to market
Bm
Where her body was sold
Chorus
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Bm D
I said : 'Hey, hey won't you take me away
A
Cos I can't see the point
Bm
In the dawn of the day
Bm D
When so many killers come take you away
A Bm
They'll leave nothing left except hatred'
Bm D A Bm (x2)
F#
She's the goddess of love
Bm
The goddess in green
F#
The goddess of all
Bm
That I've ever seen
F#
The goddess of hope
Bm
The goddess in brown
F#
The goddess of all
F#
That you've burned to the ground
Chorus
Verse (same chords)
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There's all kind of hatred
Flows out of those hands
There's the hatred that strangles
The throat of a man
But the worst of all hatred
Is that which is planned
Against what we have
In this goddess of land
Chorus
Bm D A Bm (x2)
(same chords as before)
She's the goddess of love
The goddess in green
The goddess of all
That I've ever seen
The goddess of hope
The goddess in brown
The goddess of all
That you've burned to the ground ...
Bm D A Bm
I said hey,
Bm D A Bm (x3)
