Intro:
Dm              
Gather weary traveller
Gm               Dm
I have a tale to tell
Gm           
It might just save your life
         A
but only if you listen well
    Dm
for There before the breakers 
    Gm              A
and just around the way
A(strum once)
There's a sign
A(strum once)
That says beware
    A     Gm F E      Dm (play variations of dm moving up the fret Board)
THE BEAST OF PIRATE'S BAY

Verse1
Dm
Some say he's a guppi
Gm
a kid threw in the sea
   Dm
he ate so many sailors 
         A
now he's bigger than a tree
     Dm
his teeth as sharp as scissors
     Gm
his claws they are like knives
    A                 A
and if you think he's ugly
         A   A7      Dm   
wait til you see his insides!

chorus:
Dm
Oh dont you sail 

and dont you row
Gm
certainly dont you swim
      Dm
cause if you aren't careful
           A
you'll end up inside of him
Dm
He'll eat you up and spit you out
Gm
You better stay away
A                  A
Head the sign that says beware
    A     Gm F  E    Dm
the beast of pirates bay

Verse 2

Chorus

verse 3

chorus

verse 4

chorus

(Sad bit):
Dm
Well now the tavern's empty 
         Gm           Dm
and it's only you and me.
    Dm               
and if you care i'd like to share 
    Gm                A
how this song came to be
   Dm  
so come a little closer
       Gm              A
If you really want to know.
    A            A 
Thi very sad and woefull tale 
  A      Gm F    E 
happened so long ago...
Dm                                  Gm               Dm
well i was just a little boy when i came to pirate's bay
    Gm                                A
and there i found a creature that was very much dismayed
       Dm                              Gm                 A
with a harpoon in his dorsel fin and a hook stuck in it's side
      A                A               A    Gm F  E   Dm
\this mighty whale was in such pain we both began to cry 
   Dm           Dm
I PUSHED and I shoved!
    Gm            A
but he wouldnt give way.
 Dm
Into the deeper waters
        Gm              A
off our shallow pirates bay
    Dm           
all i could do to help him
       Gm          A
was to keep people away.
     A
so i wrote a sign 
     A
that said beware
    A     Gm F  E    Dm
the beast of pirates bay!
NC
WHAT DID IT SAY?
Dm
dont you sail and dont you row
Gm
certainly dont you swim
Dm                                    Gm           A
cause if you arent careful you'll end up inside of him
Dm          
he'll eat you up he'll spit you out
Gm
you better stay away
A                  A
HEED THE SIGN THAT SAYS BEWARE
     Bb
HELL I SHOULD KNOW I PUT IT THERE
A                  A
HEED THE SIGN THAT SAYS BEWARE
      A
THE BEAST
Gm
OF
F  E
PI-RATE'S 
Dm  
BAY!
 ending: Dm (strum) A(hit once) Dm(hit once)

The timing is the trouble with this, as with all voltaire songs. I think this is 
accurate. if not correct it. but dont correct it into a different key cos thats just pedantic.