Intro- A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 G D
A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 C5 G A5
A5 C5
Though you see me now a mere ghost of a man
G5 D
I once had the heart of a lion
A5 C5
Commanded my ship between many a shore
G5 D
The ol’ Jolly Roger a-flyin
A5 C5
Mine was a name that struck fear into men
G5 D
And regret into plenty of lasses
A5 C5
Oh how I wish I could take back those days
G5 D
As I stare at these empty beer-glasses
C Fbm
And I think of the times past when I had it all
D A5
I toyed with men’s wives and their daughters
C Fbm
And in my pursuit of this ill-gotten wealth
D Fb
I stabbed and I slashed and I slaughtered
A5 F5
And for what? The men that I’ve fought
G5 D
Are matched by the number of women I’ve bought
A5 F5
And for what? I’ve killed and I’ve shot
G5 G
And reddened the cold tears of children with blood
A5 G C5 D5
And if I could go back and make my amends
C5 G5 A5
I’d make all those mistakes again
C5 G Fb A5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards, my friend
REPEAT INTRO- A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 G D
A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 C5 G A5
A5 C5
My ship was the last sight that many would see
G5 D
As we narrowed the gap with our quarry
A5 C5
The sound of the cannons and splintering wood
G5 D
Would herald our paths into glory
A5 C5
We seized all the bounty and scuppered the ship
G5 D
Our hearts hadn’t time for the wounded
A5 C5
I took my share and the crew got the rest
G5 D
And on into port we then bounded
C Fbm
Life has many pleasures, and we had our fill
D A5
Of food and of wenches and beer
C Fbm
When we’d tired of the port or had drunken it dry
D Fb
The time to set sail would come near
A5 F5
And for what? We heeded no law
G5 D
Made other men suffer so we could have more
A5 F5
And for what? We lived every day
G5 G
With the noose of the hangman a hair’s breadth away
A5 G C5 D
And if I could go back and make my amends
C5 G A5
I’d make all those mistakes again
C5 G Fb A5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards, my friend
SOLOS:
ACCORDIAN PART (in single notes NOT CHORDS)
(RH= right hand LH= left hand __= hold note)
RH- D Fb F Fb D Fb D C
LH- D D D D D D D D
RH- D Fb F Fb F G F Fb
LH- D D D D D C C C
RH- D Fb F Fb D Fb D C
LH- D D D D D D D D
RH- F C F A G F G D G Cb A G
MAIN SOLO- GTR/KYBD/GTR/KYBD
(CHORDS)
A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 G5 D
A5 C5 G5 D
REPEAT ACCORDIAN PART
A5 C5
Oh I have seen wonders you’d never have dreamed
G5 D
And taken my fair share I must say
A5 C5
Holds full of booty I happily seized
G5 D
From crews who would not see a new day
A5 C5
Spanish gold came and went, gem stones got sold
G5 D
But I knew more lay on the horizon
A5 C5
Yet the beer was too good and the gals were too sweet
G5 D
And now in my old age it’s gone
C Fbm
These memories were bought with the lives of good men
D A5
A# price that I paid without scruple
C Fbm
So many souls suffered so I could get drunk
D Fb
And swagger from brothel to brothel
A5 F5
And for what? It’s been many years
G5 D
Yet the screams of the vanquished still ring in my ears
A5 F5
And for what? I’ve blood on my hands
G5 G
I wait for my place in the halls of the damned
A5 G C5 D
And if I could go back and make my amends
C5 G A5
I’d make all those mistakes again
C5 G Fb A5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards my friend
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