Key: C
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