Key: C
Introduction:
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
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
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