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Pirates chords by 
David Byrne 
N/A•
Verse 1
C
A distant car, a quiet night
Bbm
Am
G
Like starin' at the ceiling
C
My sleepy eyes, you smell so nice
Bbm
G
It's such a funny feel
Ebdim
Baug
Bdim
ing
G
Got
Verse 2
Am
Em
no idea, what time it is
C
Am
G
Delightfully confus ing
Am
C
Bbm
The trees outside, the morning light
D
G
F
C
Arrives, like pirates on parade
Verse 3
D
G
C
Surprise, it's pirates on parade
C#dim
A ray of light, between the blinds
Bbm
Gdim
C
D
G
I lie there in a stupor
C
I hear a thud, and then a flush
Verse 4
C
Bbm
C
Ebdim
D
Bm
Guess it must be the neigh bors
Am
Em
I blink my eyes, I laugh inside
C
Dm
Ddim
Imagine what they're say ing
Bdim
Am
I see your shape
Bbm
and through the night
Verse 5
D
F
C
Here come, those pirates on parade
D
G
C
Ahoy, it's pirates on parade
Em
Through the rough and stormy weather
Bm
On a search for buried treasure
Verse 6
B
Em
There's an island to explore
Every wave that whispers softly
Bm
"Stay in bed,
B
'cause it's still early"
Em
Dolphins frolic by the shore
Verse 7
Cm
G
And the phone never rings when
Cm
G
D
the pirates are singing
C
Well there's 16 men on
Cm
a dead man's chest
Bbm
Am
G
In this hallucination
C
The map we got, x marks the spot
Bbm
We're
Verse 8
C#
C
F
G
Bdim
following direc tion s
G
Am
Em
The 7 seas, the balmy breeze
C
The pleasure of sur
Fm
Ddim
Fdim
render
Abdim
Am
Bbm
The end is nigh, the sun is high
Verse 9
D
G
C
It's late, for pirates on parade
D
G
C
Too late, for pirates on parade
Em
Traffic noises down below me
Bm
A helicopter circles slowly
Verse 10
B
Monsters sink into the
Em
deep
Mountainous and downy billows
Bm
Float among those fluffy pillows
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
C
This wicked life
C#dim
Bbm
So what's in store behind
C
Am
that velvet curtain?
G
C
The night is gone
Verse 12
C
And the day is here
Bbm
Cm
Abdim
The stupid sun is shinin'
Am
The moon reflects
Em
Your hair's a mess
Verse 13
C
Ddim
Abdim
It's lovely imperfections
Am
My crew and I
Bbm
The clear blue skies
D
Ebdim
Bdim
Abdim
C
Sail on, with pirates on parade
G
Sail on, you pirates on parade
Outro 1
C
D
Am
Abdim
C
Ebdim
Abdim
G
C
D
Abdim
C
D
Ebdim
Ddim
G
C
G
C
Ebdim
Bdim
G
C
D
Ddim
G
C
Ebdim
Ddim
G
C
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Chords
C
Bbm
Am
G
Ebdim
Baug
Bdim
Em
D
F
C#dim
Gdim
Bm
Dm
Ddim
B
Cm
C#
Fm
Fdim
Abdim
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