Barrett's Privateers

Barrett's Privateers easy guitar chords by Stan Rogers

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  • Verse 1
    Oh, 
    the 
    year 
    was 
    1778 

    How I 
    wish 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    letter 
    of 
    marque 
    came 

    from 
    the 
    King 

    To the 
    scummiest vessel 
    I've 
    ever 
    seen 

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 2

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 

    the seas 
    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    a broken 
    man 

    on a 
    Halifax 
    pier 

    The last 
    of Barrett's 
    Pri
    vateer

    Oh 
    Verse 3
    Elcid Barrett, 
    cried 
    the town 

    How 
    I wish I 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    For 
    twenty 
    brave 
    men 
    all 

    fishermen 
    who 

    Would make 
    for 
    him 
    the 

    Ante
    lope's 
    crew 

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 4

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the 

    seas 
    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    a broken 
    man 

    on a Halifax 
    pier

    The last 
    of Barrett's 
    Privateers 

    The 
    Ante
    lope 
    Verse 5
    sloop 
    was a 

    sicken
    ing 
    sight 

    How 
    I wish I 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    She'd 
    a list 
    to the 
    port 

    and and her 
    sails 
    in 
    rags 

    And 
    the cook 
    in the 
    scuppers 

    with the 
    staggers 
    and jags 

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 6

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the 

    seas 
    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    a broken 
    man 
    on 

    a Halifax 
    pier

    The last 
    of Barrett's 
    Privateers 

    On the 
    King's 
    birthday 
    Verse 7
    we 
    put 
    to 
    sea 

    How I 
    wish I 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    We 
    were 
    ninety- 
    one 
    days 

    to Montego 
    Bay 

    Pump
    ing 
    like 
    mad
    men 
    all 
    the way 

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 8

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the 

    seas 
    for Americ
    an 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But 
    I'm 
    broken 
    man 
    on 

    a Hali
    fax 
    pier 

    The last 
    of Barrett's 
    Privateers 

    On the 
    ninety- 
    sixth 
    Verse 9
    day 
    we 
    sailed 
    again 

    How I 
    wish I 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    When 
    bloody 
    great 
    Yankee 

    hove 
    in 
    sight 

    With our 
    cracked 
    four- 
    pounders 

    we made 
    to fight

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 10

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the seas 

    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But 
    I'm 
    broken 
    man 
    on 
    a Halifax 
    pier 

    The 
    last 
    of Bar
    rett's 
    Privateers 

    How 
    the 
    Yan
    kee 
    Verse 11
    lay 
    low 

    down 
    with gold 

    How I 
    wish 
    was 
    in 

    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    She was 
    broad 
    and 
    fat 

    and 
    loose 
    in 
    stays 

    But to 
    catch 
    her took the 

    Antelope 
    two 
    whole 
    days 

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 12

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the 

    seas 
    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    broken 
    man 
    on a 
    Halifax 
    pier 

    The 
    last 
    of Barrett's 
    Privateers 

    Then at 
    length 
    we 
    Verse 13
    stood 

    two 
    cables 
    away 

    How I 
    wish I 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    Our 
    cracked 
    four- 
    pounders 

    made 
    an aw
    ful 
    din 

    But with 
    one 
    fat 
    ball 
    the 
    Yank 
    stove 
    us 
    in 

    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 
    Verse 14

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the 

    seas 
    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    broken 
    man 
    on 
    a Halifax 
    pier 

    The 
    last 
    of Barrett's 
    Privateers 

    The 
    Antelope 
    Verse 15
    shook 
    and 

    pitched 
    on her 
    side 

    How I 
    wish 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    Barrett 
    was 
    smashed 
    like 
    a bowl 
    of 
    eggs 

    And 
    the main 
    truck 
    car

    ried 
    off 
    both 
    me legs 

    Verse 16
    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the seas 

    for 
    American 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    broken 
    man 
    on 
    a Hali
    fax 
    pier 

    The 
    last 
    of 
    Bar
    rett's 
    Privateers 

    Verse 17
    So 
    here 
    lay 
    in my 
    twenty- 
    third 
    year 

    How 
    I wish 
    was 
    in 
    Sherbrooke 
    now 

    It's 
    been 
    six 
    years 
    since 
    we sailed 
    away 

    And I 
    just 
    made 
    Halifax 
    yesterday 

    Verse 18
    God 
    damn 
    them 
    all 

    was 
    told 
    we'd 
    cruise 
    the seas 

    for 
    Americ
    an 
    gold 

    We'd 
    fire 
    no 
    guns, 
    shed 
    no 
    tears 

    But I'm 
    a broken 
    man 

    on a 
    Halifax 
    pier

    The 
    last 
    of 
    Bar
    rett's 
    Pri
    vateers 

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