Pirates

Pirates easy guitar chords by David Byrne

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Capo
  • C

  • Bbm

  • Am

  • G

  • Ebdim

  • Baug

  • Bdim

  • Em

  • D

  • F

  • C#dim

    4
  • Gdim

    5
  • Bm

    2
  • Dm

  • Ddim

  • B

    2
  • Cm

    3
  • C#

    4
  • Fm

  • Fdim

    3
  • Abdim

    6
  • C

  • Bbm

  • Am

  • G

  • Ebdim

  • Baug

  • Bdim

  • Em

  • D

  • F

  • C#dim

    4
  • Gdim

    5
  • Bm

    2
  • Dm

  • Ddim

  • B

    2
  • Cm

    3
  • C#

    4
  • Fm

  • Fdim

    3
  • Abdim

    6
  • 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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