{"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":721529,"song":"The Last Saskatchewan Pirate","artist":"The Arrogant Worms","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11584325-the-last-saskatchewan-pirate-chords-by-the-arrogant-worms/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/721529?type=chord","rating":4.78865,"votes":86,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had a little stretch of land along the CP line[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut times went by and though I tried the money wasn't there[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bankers came and took my land and told me \"Fair is Fair\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI looked for every kind of job, the answer always \"No\",[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Hire you now\" they'd always laugh, \"We just let twenty go!\" (Haha)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe government, they promised me a measley little sum,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I've got too much pride to end up just another bum![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen I thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna be a pirate, on the river Saskatchewan![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Heave (HO) High (HO) comin' down the plains,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute)  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Ho (HEY!) High (HEY!) farmers bar yer doors,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat the first half of the chorus without lyrics once, then play C for two measures.)\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, you think the local farmers would know that I'm at large,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut just the other day I found an unprotected barge,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI rammed the ship and sank it and I stole the fertilizer[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans the mighty river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFarmers cross in so much fear their stomaches are a quiver,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause they know that Captain Tractor's hiding in the bay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll jump the bridge and knock 'em cold and sail off with their hay![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Heave (HO) High (HO) comin' down the plains,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute)  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Ho (HEY!) High (HEY!) farmers bar yer doors,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, Mountie Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe followed on the shorelines 'cause he didn't own a boat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut cut-backs were a comin' and the Mountie lost his job,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo now he's sailin' with me and we call him Salty Bob![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA swingin' sword and skull and bones are pleasant company,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]              (Mute)\r\nI never pay my income tax and screw the GST (SCREW IT!)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSalin' down to Saskatoon, the Terror of the Sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you wanna reach the Co-op boy you gotta get by me![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Heave (HO) High (HO) comin' down the plains,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute)  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Ho (HEY!) High (HEY!) farmers bar yer doors,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell pirate life's appealing but you don't just find it here,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hear in North Alberta there's a band of buccaneers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey roam the Athabasca from Smith to Port McKay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you're gonna lose your stetson if you have to pass their way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, winter is a comin' and a chill is in the breeze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'll be back in springtime but now I have to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Heave (HO) High (HO) comin' down the plains,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         (Mute) [ch]C[/ch]  (Mute)  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a Ho (HEY!) High (HEY!) farmers bar yer doors,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.[/tab]\r\nAnd it's a Heave (HO) High (HO) comin' down the plains,\r\nStealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains,\r\nAnd it's a Ho (HEY!) High (HEY!) farmers bar yer doors,\r\n         (Lyrics slow)\r\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.\r\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores...\r\nHaharr...","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat the first half of the chorus without lyrics once, then play C for two measures.)\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[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nAnd it's a Heave (HO) High (HO) comin' down the plains,\nStealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains,\nAnd it's a Ho (HEY!) High (HEY!) farmers bar yer doors,\n         (Lyrics slow)\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.\nWhen you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores...\nHaharr...","chords":["C","F","G","Am","D","A"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}