• Song:

    Privateering

  • Artist:

    Mark Knopfler

Privateering by Mark Knopfler from Privateering album
For any questions mail me to fffoma@gmail.com

Time: 2/4
Key: C Minor
Capo: 3 fret

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AmYon's (x02210@1)my privateer

See how trim she lies

To every man a lucky hand

And every man a prize

I live to ride the ocean
     C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   AmThe (x02210@1)mighty world around
                   CTo (x32010@1)take a little plunder
        G (320003@1)             AmAnd (x02210@1)to hear the cannon sound

F (133211@1)             CTo (x32010@1)lay with pretty women
                  G (320003@1)  D/F#To (200232@1)drink Madeira wine
    Am (x02210@1)              CTo (x32010@1)hear the rollers thunder
       G (320003@1)             AmOn (x02210@1)a shore that isn't mine

AmPrivateering (x02210@1)we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho

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AmThe (x02210@1)people on your man o' war

Are treated worse than scum

I'm no flogging captain

And by God I've sailed with some

Come with me to Barbary
        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)  AmWe'll (x02210@1)ply there up and down
            CNot (x32010@1)quite exactly
        G (320003@1)             AmIn (x02210@1)the service of the Crown
    F (133211@1)             CTo (x32010@1)lay with pretty women
                  G (320003@1)  D/F#To (200232@1)drink Madeira wine
    Am (x02210@1)              CTo (x32010@1)hear the rollers thunder
       G (320003@1)             AmOn (x02210@1)a shore that isn't mine

AmPrivateering (x02210@1)we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho

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AmLook'ee (x02210@1)there's my privateer

She's small but she can sting

Licensed to take prizes

With a letter from the King

I love the streets and taverns
       C (x32010@1)           GOf (320003@1)a pretty foreign town
        Am (x02210@1)                 CTip (x32010@1)my hat to the dark-eyed ladies
       G (320003@1)          AmAs (x02210@1)we sally up and down
    F (133211@1)             CTo (x32010@1)lay with pretty women
                  G (320003@1)  D/F#To (200232@1)drink Madeira wine
    Am (x02210@1)              CTo (x32010@1)hear the rollers thunder
       G (320003@1)             AmOn (x02210@1)a shore that isn't mine

AmPrivateering (x02210@1)we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho

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AmBritannia (x02210@1)needs her privateers

Each time she goes to war

Death to all her enemies

Though prizes matter more

Come with me to Barbary
        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)  AmWe'll (x02210@1)ply there up and down
            CNot (x32010@1)quite exactly
        G (320003@1)             AmIn (x02210@1)the service of the Crown
    F (133211@1)             CTo (x32010@1)lay with pretty women
                  G (320003@1)  D/F#To (200232@1)drink Madeira wine
    Am (x02210@1)              CTo (x32010@1)hear the rollers thunder
       G (320003@1)             AmOn (x02210@1)a shore that isn't mine

AmPrivateering (x02210@1)we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho

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