Verse 1

               G (320003@1)    	C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	GWell (320003@1)I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine

     C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em	DI (xx0232@1)had a little stretch of land along the Cp line

G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C	D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
But times were tough and though I tried the money wasn't there 

	C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em	DAnd (xx0232@1)the bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair

Bridge
     Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
I looked for every kind of job , the answer always no

    Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Hire you now, they'd always laugh, we just let 20 go

Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
The government, they promised me a measly little sum

Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum

C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em   AmThen (x02210@1)I thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone

DI'm (xx0232@1)gonna be a pirate

Don (xx0232@1)the River Saskatchewan

Chorus

	G (320003@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)it's a hee (Ho)! Hi (Ho!) 

C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em	DComin (xx0232@1)down the plains

C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em		DStealin (xx0232@1)wheat and barley and all the other grains

	G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
And it's a Ho (Hey)! Hi (Hey)! 

C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em	DFarmers (xx0232@1)bar your doors

	Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	GWhen (320003@1)you see the jolly roger on regina's mighty shores