Chord Barretts Privateers by Stan Rogers

originally from : barrie mccombs - modified by daniel sadler C * G C oh , the year was seventeen seventy - eight * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * a letter of marque came from the king * * G F to the scummiest vessel i’d ever seen G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C well , elcid barrett cried the town * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * for twenty brave men , all fishermen , who * * G F would make for him the antelope’s crew G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C the antelope sloop was a sickening sight * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * she’d a list to the port and her sails in rags * * G F and the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C on the king’s birth - day we put to sea * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * we were ninety - one days to mon - tego bay * * G F pumping like madmen all the way G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C on the ninety - sixth day we sailed A - gain * F C F * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * when a bloody great yankee hove in sight * * G C with our cracked four - pounders , we made to fight G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C the yankee lay low down with gold * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * she was broad and fat and loose in stays * * G C but to catch her took the antelope two whole days G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C then at length we stood two cables A - way * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * our cracked four - pounders made an awful din * * G C but with one fat ball the yank stove us in G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C the antelope shook and pitched on her side * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs * * G C and the main - truck carried off both me legs G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers C * G C so here i lay in me twenty - third year * F C G * how i wish i was in sherbrooke now C G C * it’s been six years since we sailed A - way * * G C and i just made halifax yester - day G C * F god damn them all , i was told , C F C F we’d cruise the seas for A - merican gold G C G F * we’d fire no guns , shed no tears C F C F but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier * * G C the last of barrett’s priva - teers symbols : - asterisk * = new measure , play same chord - period . = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - underline _ = sustain note into next measure