Ave Maria

	  		
Verse 1:
 
C   Am7     G  G7  Am 
A - ve Ma - ri  -  a, 
G    G7    C 
mai - den mild 
Am            B7 
O listen to a maiden's prayer 
Dm                           Am 
For thou can't hear amid the wild 
G              A               D 
Tis thou, tis thou can't save amid despair 
G7                         C 
We slumber safely 'til the morrow 
G7                        Am 
Tho' we, by men, outcast, reviled 
G7       E7             Dm 
O maiden see a maiden's sorrow 
Dm7               F7        G 
O mother, hear a suppliant child 
C Am7 G G7 C 
Ave Maria 

Verse 2:
 
C   Am7     G  G7  Am 
A - ve Ma - ri  -  a, 
G    G7    C 
undefiled 
Am            B7 
The flinty couch whereon we're sleeping 
Dm                           Am 
Shall seem with down of eider piled, 
G              A               D 
If thou above, sweet, watch our keeping 
G7                         C 
The murky cavern's air's so heavy 
G7                        Am 
Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled 
G7       E7             Dm 
O maiden hear a maiden's pleading 
Dm7               F7        G 
O mother, hear a suppliant child 
C Am7 G G7 C 
Ave Maria 

Verse 3:
 
C   Am7     G  G7  Am 
A - ve Ma - ri  -  a, 
G    G7    C 
Stainless styled 
Am            B7 
O fiends of air and earth the essence 
Dm                           Am 
From this their wonted haunt exiled 
G              A               D 
Shall flee before thy holy presence 
G7                         C 
We bow beneath our care so laden 
G7                        Am 
To thy dear guidance reconciled 
G7       E7             Dm 
Then hear, o maiden, simple maiden 
Dm7               F7        G 
And for a father hear a child 
C Am7 G G7 C 
Ave Maria