Cm Yon's my privateer see how trim she lies To every man a lucky hand and to every man a prize Eb Bb I live to ride the ocean the mighty world around Cm Bb Cm To take a little plunder and to hear the cannon sound Ab Eb To lay with pretty women Bb Fsus2 to drink Madeira wine Cm Bb Cm to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine Cm Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho! Cm The people on your man o'war are treated worse than scum I'm no flogging Captain my God I've sailed with some Eb Bb Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down Cm Bb Cm Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown Ab Eb To lay with pretty women Bb Fsus2 to drink Madeira wine Cm Bb Cm to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine Cm Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho! Cm Look here there's my privateer she's small but she can sting Licensed to take prizes with a letter from the King Eb Bb I love the streets and taverns of a pretty foreign town Cm Bb Cm tip my hat to the dark eyed ladies as we sally up and down Ab Eb To lay with pretty women Bb Fsus2 to drink Madeira wine Cm Bb Cm to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine Cm Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho! Cm Britannia needs her privateers each time she goes to war Death to all her enemies no prizes matter more Eb Bb Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down Cm Bb Cm Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown Ab Eb To lay with pretty women Bb Fsus2 to drink Madeira wine Cm Bb Cm to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine Cm Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
