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