Barrett's Privateers

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       C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)     COh (x32010@1)the year was seventeen-seventy-eight
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.
  C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)      CA (x32010@1)letter of marque came from the king
       C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)  FTo (133211@1)the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

   C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)       COh (x32010@1)Euclid Barrett cried the town
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
    C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)        CFor (x32010@1)twenty brave men, all fishermen, who
      C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)        FWould (133211@1)make for him the Antelope's crew
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

    C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)       CThe (x32010@1)Antelope sloop was a sickening sight
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
        C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)      CShe'd (x32010@1)a-list to the port and her sails in rags
        C (x32010@1)         C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)          FAnd (133211@1)the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

       C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)    COn (x32010@1)the king's birthday we put to sea
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
        C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)     CWe (x32010@1)were ninty-one days to Montego Bay
C (x32010@1)          C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)      
Pumping like madmen all the way
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

       C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)     COn (x32010@1)the ninethy-sixth day we sailed again
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
       C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)     CWhen (x32010@1)a bloody great Yankee hove in sight
         C (x32010@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)     FWith (133211@1)our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

    C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)       CThe (x32010@1)Yankee lay low down with gold
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
        C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)        CShe (x32010@1)was broad and fat and loose with stays
       C (x32010@1)                C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       FBut (133211@1)to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

        C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)     CThen (x32010@1)at length we stood two cables away
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
    C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)    COur (x32010@1)cracked four-pounders made an aweful din
         C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      FBut (133211@1)with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)            CThe (x32010@1)Antelope shook and pitched on her side
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
C (x32010@1)         C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)     CBarrett (x32010@1)was smashed like a bowl of eggs
        C (x32010@1)        C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)     FAnd (133211@1)the main truck carried off both me legs
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

   C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)          CSo (x32010@1)here I lay in the twenty-third year
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GHow (320003@1)I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
     C (x32010@1)      C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)    CIt's (x32010@1)been six years since we sailed away
      C (x32010@1)       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   FAnd (133211@1)I just made Halifax yesterday
   G (320003@1)       CGoddamn (x32010@1)them all
C (x32010@1)   FI (133211@1)was told
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FWe'd (133211@1)cruse the seas for American gold
     G (320003@1)     CWe'd (x32010@1)fire no guns
G (320003@1)     FShed (133211@1)no tears
      C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateers

Slowly:
C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     FI'm (133211@1)a broken man on a Halifax pier (hold it)
    F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)  CThe (x32010@1)last of Barrett's privateeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the C)

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