Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Am
G
Like starin' at the ceiling
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G
It's such a funny feel
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Baug
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ing
Verse 2
Am
Em
no idea, what time it is
C
Am
G
Delightfully confus ing
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C
Bbm
The trees outside, the morning light
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F
C
Arrives, like pirates on parade
Verse 3
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C
Surprise, it's pirates on parade
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A ray of light, between the blinds
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G
I lie there in a stupor
Verse 4
C
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C
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D
Bm
Guess it must be the neigh bors
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Em
I blink my eyes, I laugh inside
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Dm
Ddim
Imagine what they're say ing
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I see your shape
Verse 5
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F
C
Here come, those pirates on parade
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C
Ahoy, it's pirates on parade
Verse 6
B
Em
There's an island to explore
Every wave that whispers softly
Verse 7
Cm
G
And the phone never rings when
Cm
G
D
the pirates are singing
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Am
G
In this hallucination
Verse 8
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following direc tions
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Am
Em
The 7 seas, the balmy breeze
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render
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The end is nigh, the sun is high
Verse 9
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G
C
It's late, for pirates on parade
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C
Too late, for pirates on parade
Verse 10
Em
deep
Mountainous and downy billows
B
Em
Maybe I'll go back to sleep
Verse 11
C
G
C
D
G
And the phone never rings when
D
G
D
the pirates are singing
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Bbm
So what's in store behind
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Am
that velvet curtain?
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C
The night is gone
Verse 12
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The stupid sun is shinin'
Verse 13
C
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It's lovely imperfections
D
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C
Sail on, with pirates on parade
Outro 1
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Bbm
Am
G
Ebdim
Baug
Bdim
Em
D
F
C#dim
Gdim
Bm
Dm
Ddim
B
Cm
C#
Fm
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Abdim
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