Privateering by Mark Knopfler from Privateering album For any questions mail me to fffoma@gmail.com Time: 2/4 Key: C Minor Capo: 3 fret | Am | % | % | % | Am | % | G | Am | | Am | % | % | % | Am | % | G | Am | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | Am Yon?s my privateer See how trim she lies To every man a lucky hand And every man a prize I live to ride the ocean C G Am The mighty world around C To take a little plunder G Am And to hear the cannon sound F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | G | Am | | Am | % | % | % | Am The people on your man o? war Are treated worse than scum I?m no flogging captain And by God I?ve sailed with some Come with me to Barbary C G Am We?ll ply there up and down C Not quite exactly G Am In the service of the Crown F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | D5 | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | repeat Am Look?ee there?s my privateer She?s small but she can sting Licensed to take prizes With a letter from the King I love the streets and taverns C G Of a pretty foreign town Am C Tip my hat to the dark-eyed ladies G Am As we sally up and down F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | D5 | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | repeat Am Britannia needs her privateers Each time she goes to war Death to all her enemies Though prizes matter more Come with me to Barbary C G Am We?ll ply there up and down C Not quite exactly G Am In the service of the Crown F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | D5 | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | repeat | Am |