Barrett's Privateers chords by Stan Rogers
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Verse 1
(G major) Oh, (A minor) the year was (G major) 1778
How I (A minor) wish I was in Sherbrooke now (G major)
(A minor) A letter of marque came
from the King
To the scummiest vessel (G major) I've (A minor) ever seen
God damn (G major) them (C major) all
Verse 2
(A minor)
I was told we'd (G major) cruise
the seas for American (A minor) gold
We'd fire no guns, (G major) shed no tears
(A minor) But I'm a broken man
on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Pri (G major) vateer (C major) s
(G major) Oh
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Verse 3
(A minor) Elcid Barrett, cried (C major) the town
How I wish I was in (G major) Sherbrooke (C major) (G major) now
For twenty brave (A minor) men all
fishermen (G major) who
Would make for him (C major) the
(G major) Ante (C major) lope's (A minor) crew
(G major) God damn them (C major) all
Verse 4
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the
(A minor) seas (G major) for (C major) American (A minor) gold
We'd (G major) fire no guns, shed no (A minor) tears
But I'm a broken (C major) (A minor) man
on a Halifax (F major) pier (A minor)
The last of Barrett's (C major) Privateers
(G major) The Ante (A minor) lope
Verse 5
sloop (G major) was a
sicken (C major) ing sight
How I wish I (A minor) was in (G major) Sherbrooke now
(C major) She'd a list (A minor) to the (G major) port
and and her sails in rags
And the cook (A minor) in the (G major) scuppers
with the staggers (A minor) and jags
(C major) God damn (G major) them all
Verse 6
(C major)
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the
(A minor) seas for American gold
We'd fire no (C major) guns, (G major) shed no tears (F major)
(A minor) But I'm a broken man on
a Halifax pier (F major)
The last (A minor) of Barrett's (C major) Privateers
On the (G major) King's birthday
Verse 7
we put (C major) to sea
How I wish I (A minor) was in (G major) Sherbrooke now
We (C major) were ninety- one (G major) days
to Montego (C major) Bay
Pump (A minor) ing like mad (C major) men (A minor) all the way
God (C major) damn (G major) them all (C major)
Verse 8
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the
(A minor) seas for Americ (G major) (C major) an (A minor) gold
We'd fire (C major) no (G major) guns, shed no (A minor) tears (F major)
(A minor) But I'm a (C major) broken (A minor) man on
a Hali (C major) fax (F major) pier
The last (D minor) of Barrett's (A minor) (C major) Privateers
On the (G major) ninety- sixth
Verse 9
day we (A minor) sailed (C major) again
How I wish I (F major) was in (G major) Sherbrooke now
When a (C major) bloody great (G major) Yankee
hove in sight
With our cracked four- (C major) pounders
we made to fight (A minor)
God (C major) damn them all
Verse 10
(C major)
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the seas
for (C major) American (A minor) gold
We'd (C major) fire (G major) no (C major) guns, (G major) shed no tears
(F major) But (G major) I'm a (C major) broken (F major) man (A minor) on a Halifax pier
The (F major) last (D minor) of Barrett's (A minor) (C major) Privateers
How the Yan (A minor) kee
Verse 11
lay low
down (C major) with gold
How I wish I (A minor) was in
Sherbrooke (D major) now (D minor)
(A minor) She was broad and fat
(G major) and loose in (C major) stays
(A minor) But to (G major) catch her took the
(A minor) Antelope two whole days
God (C major) damn them all
Verse 12
(C major)
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the
(A minor) seas for (C major) American gold
(A minor) We'd (C major) fire no guns, (G major) shed no (A minor) tears (F major)
But I'm a (C major) broken (A minor) man on a (C major) Halifax (F major) pier
The (D minor) last of Barrett's (A minor) (C major) Privateers
Then at (G major) length we
Verse 13
stood
two cables (C major) away
How I wish I was (F major) in (G major) Sherbrooke now
Our cracked (C major) four- (G major) pounders
made an aw (C major) ful din
But with (G major) one fat ball the (C major) Yank (G major) stove us in
God damn (C major) them all
Verse 14
(C major)
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the
(A minor) seas for (C major) American (F major) gold
We'd (C major) fire no guns, (G major) shed no (A minor) tears (F major)
(A minor) But I'm a (C major) broken (A minor) man on a Halifax pier
The (D minor) last (A minor) of Barrett's (C major) Privateers
The (G major) Antelope
Verse 15
shook and
pitched (C major) on her side
How I wish I was in (G major) Sherbrooke now
(C major) Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
(A minor) And the main truck (C major) car
ried off both me legs
Verse 16
God damn them all (C major)
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the seas
(C major) for American (A minor) gold
(C major) We'd fire no guns, (G major) shed no (A minor) tears
But I'm a (C major) broken man (A minor) on a Hali (C major) fax (F major) pier
The last (A minor) of (F major) Barrett's (C major) Privateers
Verse 17
So here I (C major) lay (D minor) in my twenty- (G major) third year
(C major) How I wish I was (A minor) in Sherbrooke (G major) now
It's been six years since we sailed away
And I (G major) just made Halifax yesterday
Verse 18
God damn them all (C major)
I was (A minor) told we'd (G major) cruise the seas
for (C major) Americ (G major) an (C major) gold
(F major) We'd fire no guns, shed (G major) no tears (F major)
(C major) But I'm a broken (F major) man
on a (C major) Halifax (F major) pier (A minor)
(F major) The (D minor) last of Barrett's (A minor) (C major) Pri (G major) (C major) vateers
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