Verse 1

               G (320003@1)    	CD	GWell (320003@1)I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine

     CEm	DI (xx0232@1)had a little stretch of land along the Cp line

GC	DG
But times were tough and though I tried the money wasn't there 

	CEm	DAnd (xx0232@1)the bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair

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     EmAm
I looked for every kind of job , the answer always no

    EmD
Hire you now, they'd always laugh, we just let 20 go

EmAm
The government, they promised me a measly little sum

EmD
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum

CEm   AmThen (x02210@1)I thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone

DI'm (xx0232@1)gonna be a pirate

Don (xx0232@1)the River Saskatchewan

Chorus

	G (320003@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)it's a hee (Ho)! Hi (Ho!) 

CEm	DComin (xx0232@1)down the plains

CEm		DStealin (xx0232@1)wheat and barley and all the other grains

	GD
And it's a Ho (Hey)! Hi (Hey)! 

CEm	DFarmers (xx0232@1)bar your doors

	Em (022000@1)CD	GWhen (320003@1)you see the jolly roger on regina's mighty shores