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From RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM Sun May  4 11:24:06 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 02:43:04 GMT
From: RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Jolly Roger    Roger McGuinn  Chords/Words

Roger McGuinn   Jolly Roger   written by Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy

 Dm (xx0231@1)                                    G (320003@1)          DmThe (xx0231@1)sun comes up on the Spanish sea  our homeland far behind us
                                     G (320003@1)             A7Being (x02020@1)hunted by the King's Navy it's sure he'd never find us
      Dm (xx0231@1)                                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)   DmPull (xx0231@1)away me lads  O the Cardiff Rose and hoist the  Jolly Roger
Dm (xx0231@1)                                     G (320003@1)             DmWe (xx0231@1)brought her into the looward wind and made for the Caribbean
Dm (xx0231@1)                                    G (320003@1)              A7For (x02020@1)thoughts of what it might have been destroys a human being
    Dm (xx0231@1)                                G (320003@1)         DmBut (xx0231@1)thoughts about the Spanish gold and learning to desire it
                                       G (320003@1)           A7Can (x02020@1)make a man so brash and bold he'll soon become a pirate
         Dm (xx0231@1)                              C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)    DmPull (xx0231@1)away me lads of the Cardiff  Rose and hoist the Jolly Roger
Dm (xx0231@1)                                           GNow (320003@1)a gleam came into the captain's eyes as he spied an English
Dmclipper (xx0231@1)                                           G (320003@1)            A7She (x02020@1)looks the perfect shape and size let's all aboard and strip her
    Dm (xx0231@1)                           G (320003@1)              DmWe (xx0231@1)fired a shot across her bow and eased ourselves beside her
                                         G (320003@1)                   A7With (x02020@1)our keel as close as she'd allow we swung from the deck to ride
her
     Dm (xx0231@1)                                 C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)   DmPull (xx0231@1)away me lads of the Cardiff Rose and hoist the Jolly Roger
Dm (xx0231@1)                                    G (320003@1)         DmUp (xx0231@1)she tumbles and starts to pitch  and signals for assistance
                                        G (320003@1)            A7We (x02020@1)tightened our hold another hitch and ended her resistance
Dm (xx0231@1)                                           GNow (320003@1)there's many a day  on the Spanish  sea I served aboard that
Dmraider (xx0231@1)
But we never did nothing more beautifully
         G (320003@1)         A7Than (x02020@1)the way that we belayed her
     Dm (xx0231@1)                                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)     DmPull (xx0231@1)away me lads of the Cardiff Rose and hoist the Jolly Roger
Dm (xx0231@1)                                   GHer (320003@1)hold was hot as St Elmo's fire her chests were filled with
Dmtreasure (xx0231@1)                                     G (320003@1)               A7We (x02020@1)took as much as we'd require then took more for our pleasure
     DmNow (xx0231@1)there's many a day on the Spanish Main
    G (320003@1)             DmBut (xx0231@1)none I hold so  dear
                                 G (320003@1)         A7As (x02020@1)the happy day I first became a scurvy buccaneer
      Dm (xx0231@1)                               C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)   DmPull (xx0231@1)away me lads of the Cardif Rose and hoist the Jolly Roger

 Copyright @ 1975 Patian Music and Jackelope Publishing Co.(BMI)
 From the "Cardiff Rose''  LP  Columbia Records 1976