Barrett's Privateers chords by Kilkenny Band
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Verse 1
(G major) Oh, the year was 1778.
How (C major) I wish I was in Sherbrooke (G major) now!
A letter of mock came from the king
to the (C major) scummiest vessel I'd (G major) ever seen.
God damn them (C major) all!
I was told we'd cruise
the seas for American gold.
We'd fire no guns, shed no (F major) tears.
(C major) I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier,
the last to bear its privateers.
The (G major) antelope's lube was
a -sickening sight
(C major) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke (G major) now!
She'd a list to the board
and her (C major) sails and wrecks
And the (G major) cook and scuppers
with the stackers and (C major) jacks
God damn them all!
I was told we'd cruise
the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, (G major) shed no (F major) tears
(C major) I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers
(G major) On the 96th day we sailed again
(C major) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke (G major) now
When a bloody great Yankee of (C major) insight
With a crack for a pound as
we made to fight
Got them, them all, I was told
We'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no (F major) tears
(C major) I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers
(G major) The Yankee lay low down with (C major) gold
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke (G major) now
She was broad and fat and loose in stace
But her catcher took
(C major) the antelope to old ace
God damn them all,
I was told we'd cruise
The seas for American gold,
we'd fire no guns, shed no (F major) tears
(C major) I'm a broken man on the Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers
(G major) Then, at length,
we stood two cables away
How (C major) rich I was in Sherbrooke (G major) now
I cracked four (F major) pound
ers, made (G major) an awful din
But with one fat bovvying still was in
God damn them all,
(C major) I was told we'd cruise
The seas for American gold,
we'd fire no guns, (G major) shed no (F major) tears
(C major) I'm a broken man and a Halifax peer
The last of Barrett's privateers
(G major) The antelope shook and (C major) pitched on his side
I wish I wasn't Sherbrooke (G major) now
Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
And the main troom
carried off both me legs
God (C major) damn them all,
I was told we'd cruise the seas
for American gold,
with fire in our guns, (G major) check no (F major) tears
(C major) I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier,
the last to bear its privateers
So, (G major) here I lay in my 23rd (C major) year,
how I wish I was in Sherbrooke (G major) now
It's been six years since we sailed away,
and I just made Halifax yesterday
God (C major) damn them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas
for American gold,
we'd fire no guns, shed no tears. (F major)
(G major) I'm a (C major) broken man on a Halifax pier,
the last of Barrett's privateer (G major) s.
Goddamn them (C major) all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas
for American gold,
we'd fire no guns, shed no (F major) tears.
(C major) I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier,
I've sailed the seas for
many long years,
You'll never find a better man far or near
But the last of Barret's privateers
Barrett's Privateers
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