Intro- G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 F C
G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 A#5 F G5
G5 A#5
Though you see me now a mere ghost of a man
F5 C
I once had the heart of a lion
G5 A#5
Commanded my ship between many a shore
F5 C
The ol’ Jolly Roger a-flyin
G5 A#5
Mine was a name that struck fear into men
F5 C
And regret into plenty of lasses
G5 A#5
Oh how I wish I could take back those days
F5 C
As I stare at these empty beer-glasses
A# Dm
And I think of the times past when I had it all
C G5
I toyed with men’s wives and their daughters
A# Dm
And in my pursuit of this ill-gotten wealth
C D
I stabbed and I slashed and I slaughtered
G5 D#5
And for what? The men that I’ve fought
F5 C
Are matched by the number of women I’ve bought
G5 D#5
And for what? I’ve killed and I’ve shot
F5 F
And reddened the cold tears of children with blood
G5 F A#5 C5
And if I could go back and make my amends
A#5 F5 G5
I’d make all those mistakes again
A#5 F D G5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards, my friend
REPEAT INTRO- G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 F C
G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 A#5 F G5
G5 A#5
My ship was the last sight that many would see
F5 C
As we narrowed the gap with our quarry
G5 A#5
The sound of the cannons and splintering wood
F5 C
Would herald our paths into glory
G5 A#5
We seized all the bounty and scuppered the ship
F5 C
Our hearts hadn’t time for the wounded
G5 A#5
I took my share and the crew got the rest
F5 C
And on into port we then bounded
A# Dm
Life has many pleasures, and we had our fill
C G5
Of food and of wenches and beer
A# Dm
When we’d tired of the port or had drunken it dry
C D
The time to set sail would come near
G5 D#5
And for what? We heeded no law
F5 C
Made other men suffer so we could have more
G5 D#5
And for what? We lived every day
F5 F
With the noose of the hangman a hair’s breadth away
G5 F A#5 C
And if I could go back and make my amends
A#5 F G5
I’d make all those mistakes again
A#5 F D G5
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- C D D# D C D C A#
LH- C C C C C C C C
RH- C D D# D D# F D# D
LH- C C C C C A# A# A#
RH- C D D# D C D C A#
LH- C C C C C C C C
RH- D# A# D# G F D# F C F A G F
MAIN SOLO- GTR/KYBD/GTR/KYBD
(CHORDS)
G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 F5 C
G5 A#5 F5 C
REPEAT ACCORDIAN PART
G5 A#5
Oh I have seen wonders you’d never have dreamed
F5 C
And taken my fair share I must say
G5 A#5
Holds full of booty I happily seized
F5 C
From crews who would not see a new day
G5 A#5
Spanish gold came and went, gem stones got sold
F5 C
But I knew more lay on the horizon
G5 A#5
Yet the beer was too good and the gals were too sweet
F5 C
And now in my old age it’s gone
A# Dm
These memories were bought with the lives of good men
C G5
G# price that I paid without scruple
A# Dm
So many souls suffered so I could get drunk
C D
And swagger from brothel to brothel
G5 D#5
And for what? It’s been many years
F5 C
Yet the screams of the vanquished still ring in my ears
G5 D#5
And for what? I’ve blood on my hands
F5 F
I wait for my place in the halls of the damned
G5 F A#5 C
And if I could go back and make my amends
A#5 F G5
I’d make all those mistakes again
A#5 F D G5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards my friend
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