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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":541370,"song":"Barretts Privateers","artist":"The Irish Descendants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11567943-barretts-privateers-chords-by-the-irish-descendants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/541370?type=chord","rating":4.63594,"votes":27,"content":"[Verse]\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]C[/ch]      [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]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA letter of marque came from the king[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Euclid Barrett cried the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [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]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor twenty brave men, all fishermen, who[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\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]C[/ch]      [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]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the king's birthday we put to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [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 ninty-one days to Montego Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the ninethy-sixth day we sailed again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [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]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\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]C[/ch]      [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 with stays[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen at length we stood two cables away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [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 aweful din[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\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]C[/ch]      [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]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBarrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [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]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo here I lay in the twenty-third year[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [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]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been six years since we sailed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I just made Halifax yesterday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoddamn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was told[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'd cruse the seas for American gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fire no guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShed no tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n(Slowly)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a broken man on a Halifax pier (hold it)[/tab]\r\n    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last of Barrett's privateeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the [ch]C[/ch])","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n(Slowly)\n\n    F       F         G    C\nThe last of Barrett's privateeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the C)","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]}}}