powder monkey chords by Schooner Fare

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
In days of old, so the story's told,
G 
C 
Of boys who went to sea,
Am 
All of sev en,
G 
C 
eight and nine years old they say,
F 
Em 
To serve upon the warring ships,
Dm 
Am 
Their captains and their kings,
F 
G 
To serve the purpose they still serve today,
E 
F 
G 
E 
To serve the purpose they still serve today.
Am 

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Verse 2
To carry up the powder
C 
G 
C 
From the magazine below,
Am 
From a hold too dark and
G 
C 
crowded for a man,
F 
Em 
They called them Powder Monkeys,
Dm 
Am 
Every schoolchild ought to know,
Em 
F 
G 
The price we pay to keep our promised land,
E 
F 
G 
The price we pay to keep
E 
our promised land.
Am 

Verse 3
F 
Em 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
Em 
Send him down into the well,
F 
C 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
E 
He'll fetch us a pail of hell
Am 
D 
To keep out cannon burnin'
Am 
Dm 
He'll fall behind the gun,
E 
Am 
We'll just send for a Powder Monkey,
E 
'Cause there's more where he
F 
came from.
E 
Am 

Verse 4
They come from the city
Em 
sidewalks an  d
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C 
They come from the family farm,
Am 
G 
C 
To trust their fragile fu tures to the wind,
F 
Em 
They come from the land of plenty,
Dm 
Am 
Through the evergreens and corn,
F 
G 
With more to lose than all the angry men,
E 
F 
E 
With more to lose than all
Am 
the angry men.

Verse 5
Am 
Was it the hunger of the family,
G 
C 
Was it the anger of the street,
Am 
G 
That drove a lonely child
C 
to Satan's door,
F 
Em 
Where death was all but certain and
Dm 
Am 
Damnation near complete,
F 
Save all for the holy
G 
E 
innocent ashore,
F 
G 
E 
Am 
Save all the holy innocent ashore.

Verse 6
Am 
F 
Em 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
Em 
Send him down into the well,
F 
C 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
E 
He'll fetch us a pail of hell
Am 
D 
To keep out cannon burnin'
Am 
Dm 
He'll fall behind the gun,
E 
Am 
We'll just send for a Powder Monkey,
E 
'Cause there's more where he
F 
came from.
Am 

Verse 7
From high above the gun deck
G 
C 
Ring the orders of the realm,
Am 
G 
C 
To roll out a battle ca dence on the drum,
F 
Em 
As forward into darkness
Dm 
Am 
Sail the cowards at the helm,
F 
And they shoot the stars to see how
G 
E 
far they've come,
F 
Look at their sons to see
G 
E 
Am 
how far they've come.

Verse 8
Am 
In days of old, so the story's told
G 
C 
Of boys who went to sea,
Am 
All of seven,
G 
C 
eight and nine years old they say,
F 
Em 
To serve upon the warring ships,
Dm 
Am 
Their cap tains and their kings,
F 
G 
To serve the purpose they still serve today,
E 
F 
G 
Am 
To serve the purpose they still serve today.

Verse 9
Am 
G 
F 
Em 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
Em 
Send him down into the well,
F 
C 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
E 
He'll fetch us a pail of hell
Am 
D 
To keep out cannon burnin'
Am 
Dm 
He'll fall behind the gun,
Em 
Send

Verse 10
F 
Em 
for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
Em 
Send him down into the well,
F 
C 
Send for the Powder Monkey,
Am 
E 
He'll fetch us a pail of hell
Am 
D 
To keep out cannon burnin'
Am 
D 
Dm 
He'll fall behind the gun,
E 
Am 
We'll just send for a Powder Monkey,
E 
'Cause there's more where he came from.
Am 
E 
We'll just send for a
Am 
Powder Monkey,
E 
'Cause there's more
Am 
where he came from.
E 
Am 
We'll just send for a Powder Monkey,
E 
'Cause there's more where he
Am 
came from.