Intro- D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 C G
D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 F5 C D5
D5 F5
Though you see me now a mere ghost of a man
C5 G
I once had the heart of a lion
D5 F5
Commanded my ship between many a shore
C5 G
The ol’ Jolly Roger a-flyin
D5 F5
Mine was a name that struck fear into men
C5 G
And regret into plenty of lasses
D5 F5
Oh how I wish I could take back those days
C5 G
As I stare at these empty beer-glasses
F Am
And I think of the times past when I had it all
G D5
I toyed with men’s wives and their daughters
F Am
And in my pursuit of this ill-gotten wealth
G A
I stabbed and I slashed and I slaughtered
D5 A#5
And for what? The men that I’ve fought
C5 G
Are matched by the number of women I’ve bought
D5 A#5
And for what? I’ve killed and I’ve shot
C5 C
And reddened the cold tears of children with blood
D5 C F5 G5
And if I could go back and make my amends
F5 C5 D5
I’d make all those mistakes again
F5 C A D5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards, my friend
REPEAT INTRO- D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 C G
D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 F5 C D5
D5 F5
My ship was the last sight that many would see
C5 G
As we narrowed the gap with our quarry
D5 F5
The sound of the cannons and splintering wood
C5 G
Would herald our paths into glory
D5 F5
We seized all the bounty and scuppered the ship
C5 G
Our hearts hadn’t time for the wounded
D5 F5
I took my share and the crew got the rest
C5 G
And on into port we then bounded
F Am
Life has many pleasures, and we had our fill
G D5
Of food and of wenches and beer
F Am
When we’d tired of the port or had drunken it dry
G A
The time to set sail would come near
D5 A#5
And for what? We heeded no law
C5 G
Made other men suffer so we could have more
D5 A#5
And for what? We lived every day
C5 C
With the noose of the hangman a hair’s breadth away
D5 C F5 G
And if I could go back and make my amends
F5 C D5
I’d make all those mistakes again
F5 C A D5
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- G A A# A G A G F
LH- G G G G G G G G
RH- G A A# A A# C A# A
LH- G G G G G F F F
RH- G A A# A G A G F
LH- G G G G G G G G
RH- A# F A# D C A# C G C Fb D C
MAIN SOLO- GTR/KYBD/GTR/KYBD
(CHORDS)
D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 C5 G
D5 F5 C5 G
REPEAT ACCORDIAN PART
D5 F5
Oh I have seen wonders you’d never have dreamed
C5 G
And taken my fair share I must say
D5 F5
Holds full of booty I happily seized
C5 G
From crews who would not see a new day
D5 F5
Spanish gold came and went, gem stones got sold
C5 G
But I knew more lay on the horizon
D5 F5
Yet the beer was too good and the gals were too sweet
C5 G
And now in my old age it’s gone
F Am
These memories were bought with the lives of good men
G D5
D# price that I paid without scruple
F Am
So many souls suffered so I could get drunk
G A
And swagger from brothel to brothel
D5 A#5
And for what? It’s been many years
C5 G
Yet the screams of the vanquished still ring in my ears
D5 A#5
And for what? I’ve blood on my hands
C5 C
I wait for my place in the halls of the damned
D5 C F5 G
And if I could go back and make my amends
F5 C D5
I’d make all those mistakes again
F5 C A D5
I’d kill every last one of those bastards my friend
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