{"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":1106880,"song":"Privateering","artist":"Mark Knopfler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11246138-privateering-chords-by-mark-knopfler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1106880?type=chord","rating":4.83616,"votes":115,"content":"An easy take on \"Privateering\". Probably not 100% accurate but works fine. Maybe \r\nthere's another bass note somewhere.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYon's my privateer, see how trim she lies[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo every man a lucky hand and to every man a prize\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI live to ride the ocean, the mighty world around[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo take a little plunder and to hear the cannon sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lay with pretty women[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nto drink Madeira wine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPrivateering, we will go[/tab]\r\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\r\nPrivateering, we will go\r\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe people on your man o'war are treated worse than scum[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'm no flogging Captain, my God I've sailed with some\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome with me to Barbary, we'll ply there up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNot quite exactly in the service of the Crown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lay with pretty women[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nto drink Madeira wine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPrivateering, we will go[/tab]\r\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\r\nPrivateering, we will go\r\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLook here there's my privateer, she's small but she can sting[/tab]\r\n\r\nLicensed to take prizes with a letter from the King\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI love the streets and taverns of a pretty foreign town[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntip my hat to the dark eyed ladies as we sally up and down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lay with pretty women[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nto drink Madeira wine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPrivateering, we will go[/tab]\r\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\r\nPrivateering, we will go\r\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBritannia needs her privateers each time she goes to war[/tab]\r\n\r\nDeath to all her enemies though prizes matter more\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome with me to Barbary, we'll ply there up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNot quite exactly in the service of the Crown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lay with pretty women[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nto drink Madeira wine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPrivateering, we will go[/tab]\r\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\r\nPrivateering, we will go\r\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!","plain_text":"An easy take on \"Privateering\". Probably not 100% accurate but works fine. Maybe \nthere's another bass note somewhere.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nTo every man a lucky hand and to every man a prize\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\nPrivateering, we will go\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nI'm no flogging Captain, my God I've sailed with some\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\nPrivateering, we will go\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nLicensed to take prizes with a letter from the King\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\nPrivateering, we will go\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nDeath to all her enemies though prizes matter more\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nPrivateering, Yoh! oh! ho!\nPrivateering, we will go\nYeah! oh! oh! ho!","chords":["Am","C","G","F","Dsus2"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"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]}}}