Pirates chords by
David Byrne
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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Ab

A distant car, a quiet night
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Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

Like starin' at the ceiling
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My sleepy eyes, you smell so nice
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Eb
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It's such a funny feel
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Gaug
Gaug

Gdim
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ing
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Got
Verse 2
Fm
Fm

Cm
Cm

no idea, what time it is
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Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

Delightfully confus ing
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Fm

Ab
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The trees outside, the morning light
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Eb
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Ab
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Arrives, like pirates on parade
Verse 3
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Eb
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Surprise, it's pirates on parade
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A ray of light, between the blinds
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I lie there in a stupor
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I hear a thud, and then a flush
Verse 4
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Gm
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Guess it must be the neigh bor s
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I blink my eyes, I laugh inside
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Bbdim
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Imagine what they're say ing
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Fm
Fm

I see your shape
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and through the night
Verse 5
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Db
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Ab
Ab

Here come, those pirates on parade
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Eb
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Ab
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Ahoy, it's pirates on parade
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Through the rough and stormy weather
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Gm

On a search for buried treasure
Verse 6
G
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Cm
Cm

There's an island to explore
Every wave that whispers softly
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Gm

"Stay in bed,
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'cause it's still early"
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Cm

Dolphins frolic by the shore
Verse 7
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Eb
Eb

And the phone never rings when
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Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

the pirates are singing
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Well there's 16 men on
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Abm

a dead man's chest
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Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

In this hallucination
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The map we got, x marks the spot
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We're
Verse 8
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following dir ec tions
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Fm
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Cm
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The 7 seas, the balmy breeze
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The pleasure of sur
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Bbdim
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Dbdim
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render
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Fm
Fm

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The end is nigh, the sun is high
Verse 9
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Eb
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Ab
Ab

It's late, for pirates on parade
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Bb

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Too late, for pirates on parade
Cm
Cm

Traffic noises down below me
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Gm

A helicopter circles slowly
Verse 10
G
G

Monsters sink into the
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Cm

deep
Mountainous and downy billows
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Gm

Float among those fluffy pillows
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G

Cm
Cm

Maybe I'll go back to sleep
Verse 11
Ab
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Eb
Eb

Ab
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Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

And the phone nev er rings when
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Bb

the pirates are singing
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This wicked life
Adim
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So what's in store behind
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Fm
Fm

that velvet cur tain?
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Eb

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The night is gone
Verse 12
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And the day is here
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Abm
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Edim
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The stupid sun is shinin'
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Fm

The moon reflects
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Cm

Your hair's a mess
Verse 13
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Bbdim
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Edim
Edim

It's lovely imperfec tions
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Fm

My crew and I
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Gbm

The clear blue skies
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Bb

Bdim
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Gdim
Gdim

Edim
Edim

Ab
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Sail on, with pirates on parade
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Sail on, you pirates on parade
Outro 1
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