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