{"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":2317973,"song":"Time Flyes When Youre Havin Rum","artist":"Pirates For Sail","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11483329-time-flyes-when-youre-havin-rum-chords-by-pirates-for-sail/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2317973?type=chord","rating":4.91253,"votes":43,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo future was there in London for a poor man’s son like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I left my home and went to seek my fortune on the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI signed aboard a merchant ship bound for the West Indies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd six weeks out we tacked into the winds of pyracy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere were sails on the horizon, and we tried to make a run[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when we saw that black flag, then our runnin’ it was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd when those pyrates boarded us, they told us one by one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n“You can die or join our crew, me boys, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTime flyes when you’re havin’ rum, me boys, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re sailin’ under the black flag, and you’re firin’ all your guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you take a Spanish treasure ship, you divide by the rule of thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe voyage’ll be over soon enough, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith a pistol to my forehead, then my choice was all too clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI took leave of that merchant ship and became a buccaneer[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd though they spared my life, I think that if the truth be told[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI joined them for the promise of adventure, rum, and gold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe quartermaster handed me a cutlass and a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd as I signed their articles, the captain told me, “Son,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nUs gentlemen o’ fortune live life fast ’n’ on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo step right up and takes your share, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTime flyes when you’re havin’ rum, me boys, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re sailin’ under the black flag, and you’re firin’ all your guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you take a Spanish treasure ship, you divide by the rule of thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe voyage’ll be over soon enough, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor two long years I sailed with them around the Spanish Main[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we captured ships from Portugal, from England, France, and Spain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd we took what we could and we gave none back, for that’s the pyrates’ code[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the wake we left in the Caribbean Sea ran red with blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the admiralty in London sent a fleet to hunt us down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd a traitor in Port Royale told them where we could be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey surrounded us in Nassau, the captain shouted, “Let ’em come![/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe fight’ll be over soon enough, times flyes when you’re havin’ rum!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTime flyes when you’re havin’ rum, me boys, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re sailin’ under the black flag, and you’re firin’ all your guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you take a Spanish treasure ship, you divide by the rule of thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe voyage’ll be over soon enough, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe ran the red flag up and then we readied all our guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo quarter would we give, and in return expected none[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe got off one good broadside but outnumbered 10 to 1[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey took out half our crew and then our pyrating was done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey took us back to London town under key and lock[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the hangman’s noose was swingin’ at the Execution Dock[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe captain turned ’n’ said to me, “We had fine sailin’, son,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe voyage it was over all too soon, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTime flyes when you’re havin’ rum, me boys, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re sailin’ under the black flag, and you’re firin’ all your guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you take a Spanish treasure ship, you divide by the rule of thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe voyage’ll be over soon enough, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Slower)\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow as you listen to this tale, by now, I’m sure you have surmised[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat I slipped the hangman’s cable and escaped him with my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut how I got away, well that’s another story, son[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Faster)\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy voyages they aren’t over yet, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n(x2)\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTime flyes when you’re havin’ rum, me boys, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re sailin’ under the black flag, and you’re firin’ all your guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you take a Spanish treasure ship, you divide by the rule of thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe voyage’ll be over soon enough, time flyes when you’re havin’ rum[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Slower)\n\n\n\n\n(Faster)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n(x2)","chords":["Dm","C","G","A","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}