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