{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1047762,"song":"Barretts Privateers","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11231561-barretts-privateers-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1047762?type=chord","rating":4.80645,"votes":204,"content":"Originally From: Barrie McCombs - Modified by Daniel Sadler\r\n\r\n*******************************************************\r\n\r\n|  Asterisk  (*)  new measure, play same chord\r\n|  Period    (.)  1/8 note rest at start of a measure\r\n|  Underline (_)  sustain note into next measure\r\n\r\n*******************************************************\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        *         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        *\r\nA letter of marque came from the king[/tab]\r\n[tab]       *         *          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     *       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, Elcid Barrett cried the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          *\r\nFor twenty brave men, all fishermen, who[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *        *       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould make for him the Antelope's crew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        *           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Antelope sloop was a sickening sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        *\r\nShe'd a list to the port and her sails in rags[/tab]\r\n[tab]        *           *                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            *      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the King's birth-day we put to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    *\r\nWe were ninety-one days to Mon-tego Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]*            *      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPumping like madmen all the way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            *      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the ninety-sixth day we sailed a-gain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       *\r\nWhen a bloody great Yankee hove in sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         *            *            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      *       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Yankee lay low down with gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        *\r\nShe was broad and fat and loose in stays[/tab]\r\n[tab]       *                  *        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut to catch her took the Antelope two whole days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         *         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen at length we stood two cables a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     *\r\nOur cracked four-pounders made an awful din[/tab]\r\n[tab]         *       *             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut with one fat ball the Yank stove us in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        *         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Antelope shook and pitched on her side[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       *\r\nBarrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        *          *           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the main-truck carried off both me legs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]      *         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo here I lay in me twenty-third year[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     (*)\r\nHow I wish I was in Sherbrooke now[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        *\r\nIt's been six years since we sailed a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      *         *       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I just made Halifax yester-day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    *     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGod damn them all, I was told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     (*)\r\nWe'd fire no guns, shed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    *       *         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's Priva-teers[/tab]","plain_text":"Originally From: Barrie McCombs - Modified by Daniel Sadler\n\n*******************************************************\n\n|  Asterisk  (*)  new measure, play same chord\n|  Period    (.)  1/8 note rest at start of a measure\n|  Underline (_)  sustain note into next measure\n\n*******************************************************\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}