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