Capo 3 A5 Yon's my privateer see how trim she lies To every man a lucky hand and to every man a prize C5 G5 I live to ride the ocean the mighty world around A5 G5 A5 To take a little plunder and to hear the cannon sound F5 C5 To lay with pretty women G5 D5 to drink Madeira wine A5 G5 A5 to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine A5 Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho! A5 The people on your man o'war are treated worse than scum I'm no flogging Captain my God I've sailed with some C5 G5 Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down A5 G5 A5 Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown F5 C5 To lay with pretty women G5 D5 to drink Madeira wine A5 G5 A5 to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine A5 Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho! A5 Look here there's my privateer she's small but she can sting Licensed to take prizes with a letter from the King C5 G5 I love the streets and taverns of a pretty foreign town A5 G5 A5 tip my hat to the dark eyed ladies as we sally up and down F5 C5 To lay with pretty women G5 D5 to drink Madeira wine A5 G5 A5 to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine A5 Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho! A5 Britannia needs her privateers each time she goes to war Death to all her enemies no prizes matter more C5 G5 Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down A5 G5 A5 Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown F5 C5 To lay with pretty women G5 D5 to drink Madeira wine A5 G5 A5 to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine A5 Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!