G                   Em
  Let me tell you a story
 C                  G         C
About an old friend   of mine
G          D/F#          Em            D
  Somebody left her in a shopping cart
     C                  D
In a parking lot for us   to find
G                    Em
  Just a fuzzy black pup
        C                  G     C
She was hungry and feeling alone
G                   Em
  We put her in the back seat
    C                       G        C
And told her we were taking her home
 
G           Bm
Run, Maggie run
         C                G     C/G
With the heart of a rebel child
    G           Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
           C               G      C
Be just as free as you are   wild
 
G            Em
  A few kids later
   C            G          C
We moved out on   the farm
G         D/F#           Em          D
  And she followed those kids around
          C              D
Yeah, she kept them safe   from harm
G                        Em
  And she loved to chase squirrels
    C              G          C
And playing out in   the snow
G                       Em
  She'd take off like a bullet
    C                      G      C
Man,  you should have seen her go
 
G           Bm
Run, Maggie run
         C                G     C/G
With the heart of a rebel child
    G           Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
           C               G      C
Be just as free as you are   wild
 
( G  Em  C  G )
( G  Bm  C  G  C )
 
G                     Em
  It was raining on a Monday
    C               G    C
The day that Maggie died
G          D/F#            Em      D
  She woke up and couldn't use her legs
     C            D
So I laid down by   her side
G                        Em
  She put her head on my hand
           C            G     C
Like she'd done so many times
G                      Em
  I told her she was a good dog
     C          G       C
Then I told her goodbye
 
G           Bm
Run, Maggie run
         C                G     C/G
With the heart of a rebel child
    G           Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
           C               G
Be just as free as you are   wild
 
G             Em
  I had a revelation
       C             G    C/G
As the tractor dug a hole
G       D/F#           Em  D
  I can tell you right now
       C   D
That a dog has a soul
G                    Em
  And I thought to myself
      C             G
As we buried her on   the hill
G                   Em
  I never knew me a better dog
      C         G        C/G
And I guess I never will
 
G           Bm
Run, Maggie run
         C                G
With the heart of a rebel child
    G           Bm
Oh, run, Maggie run
           C              G     C
Be just as free as you are wild
 
    G    D/F#       Em  D
Oh, run, Maggie run
         C                G     C/G
With the heart of a rebel child
    G           Em
Oh, run, Maggie run
           C               G
Be just as free as you are   wild