{"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":2480238,"song":"Bartholomew Roberts","artist":"David Shepherd Grossman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11505931-bartholomew-roberts-chords-by-david-shepherd-grossman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2480238?type=chord","rating":0.19006,"votes":0,"content":"[Chords]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]  [ch]Am11/E[/ch]  [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\ne|--0------0------0------0------0------|\r\nB|--1------1------1------1------1------|\r\nG|--2------2------0------0------0------|\r\nD|--2------2------0------0------0------|\r\nA|--0------3------2------0------0------|\r\nE|--0------0------0------0------3------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch] (x4)\r\n(Simple fingerpicking while walking down the two base strings.[/tab]\r\nHammer the G at the end of the sequence when changing from\r\nthe Am11/E to the Am11/G.)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]           [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nI found him lying on a broken dock[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nIn a drunken sleep about four o' clock in the morning[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nOne leg good, the other one wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nHis  eye patched over just like it should I woke him.[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Excuse me sir but might you be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf Bartholomew Robert's piracy?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe asked what it was to me. I told him.[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\"I sir am an average Joe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nA songsmith traveling to and fro[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'd like to talk to you before I go\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Me belly could use a bit of rum, you know.\"[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nI gave him the bottle and he turned to speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nHis face was old his voice was weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe claimed to be the last of the crew's defeat[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy a British Man Of War off Cape Lopez, he said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoberts was a gentleman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDrank his tea from an old tin can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever touched a bottle kept a clean ship and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou'd never a guessed he was a pirate[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Our ship was mighty as a sloop could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nOver four hundred vessels plundered we[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith our sacks full of biscuits we'd return to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOur jolly roger blowing proud and free[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Am/C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]  [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nAfter Roberts robbed a vessel of it's prize[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am/C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]      [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nHe'd return the ship to it's captain's sorry eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNever questioned any man's disguise[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe followed the Sabbath as he followed the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoberts was a gentleman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDrank his tea from an old tin can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever touched a bottle kept a clean ship and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou'd never a guessed he was a pirate[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nI remember the day clear in me mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nWe were scrubbing the hull for the very last time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen a British Man Of War attacked from behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were too drunk to fight we were to drunk to mind[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]  [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nI by chance swam under a pier and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am/C[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]  [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nescaped my fate through luck and fear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThough Robert's wasn't drunk he was just too near[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe thought of his death fill me eye with tear.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoberts was a gentleman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDrank his tea from an old tin can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever touched a bottle kept a clean ship and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou'd never a guessed he was a pirate[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am/C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nI left the docks and headed on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am/C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj9/E[/ch]   [ch]Am11/E[/ch] [ch]Am11/G[/ch]\r\nPut the pirates words in to a song.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRoberts may be dead but his story’s not gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to believe he was a pirate[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoberts was a gentleman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDrank his tea from an old tin can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever touched a bottle kept a clean ship and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou'd never a guessed he was a pirate[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chords]\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nHammer the G at the end of the sequence when changing from\nthe Am11/E to the Am11/G.)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\nAm      Am/C      Cmaj9/E   Am11/E Am11/G\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Am/C","Cmaj9/E","Am11/E","Am11/G","B","G","D","A","E","F","C"],"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]},"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]}}}