{"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":871648,"song":"Blackbeard Bluebeard And Redbeard","artist":"Eric Herman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11603764-blackbeard-bluebeard-and-redbeard-chords-by-eric-herman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/871648?type=chord","rating":4.66981,"votes":3,"content":"[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBlackbeard and Bluebeard and Redbeard, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHijacked a ship and went sailing away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSeaward they scudded and skipped on the breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut couldn't find treasure to plunder and seize[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd a pirate without treasure is like a monkey[/tab]\r\nwithout a spatula...\r\n\r\nSo Bluebeard said, \"Since we've nothing to do\r\nWhy don't we paint our new pirate ship blue?\r\nBlue for the poop deck. Blue for the sails\r\nBlue for the rudder, the riggings and the rails.\"\r\n\r\nAnd he sang, \"Yo ho ho, let's paint the ship blue\r\nNo other color's as trusty and true\r\nAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,\r\nblue's the most beautiful color. Arrrr!\"\r\n\r\nRedbeard spoke up, saying, \"Aye, but instead\r\nwouldn't ye rather we painted her red?\r\nRed for the cannons and the sodey-pop kegs\r\nRed for our eye-patches, parrots and pegs.\"\r\n(Parrot) Rawk! Pegleg.\r\n\r\nAnd he sang, \"Yo ho ho, nothing's quite like red\r\nIt's fearsome and fiery and fills men with dread\r\nAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,\r\nred's the most radiant color.  Arrr!\"\r\n\r\n\"Blackbeard said, \"Blimey! You're both off the track.\r\nLet's paint it something more handsome, like black.\"\r\n\"Blue!\" shouted Bluebeard, and Redbeard yelled, \"Red!\"\r\nBlackbeard said, \"Black! Are you cracked in the head?\"\r\n\r\nAnd he sang, \"Yo ho ho, give me deep, dark black\r\nfrom starboard to port, from the front to the back.\r\nAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,\r\nblack's a spectacular color. Arrr!\"\r\n\r\nRedbeard grabbed brushes and buckets and paints\r\nOver his shipmates insistent complaints.\r\nRather than letting him paint the ship red,\r\nThey got some blue paint and black paint instead.\r\n\r\nSwiftly the three of them painted their boat,\r\neach a completely dissimilar coat,\r\nMaking a color not red, black or blue;\r\nMixing, instead, an entirely new hue.\r\n\r\nThat was the last that was seen of the three\r\nSimply because they refused to agree.\r\nThey weren't torpedoed or shelled or harpooned.\r\nThey just disappeared, for their ship was marooned.\r\n\r\nAnd sometimes on a foggy night at sea,\r\nyou can still hear them singin'...\r\n\r\n\"Yo ho ho and a bottle of pop\r\nWe painted our ship from the bottom to the top.\r\nAs sure as we sail by the Northern star\r\n(Bluebeard) Blue's the most beautiful...\r\n(Redbeard) No! Red's the most radiant!\r\n(Blackbeard) What? Black's the most spectacular color!\r\n(Parrot) Rawk. How about yellow?\r\n(Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard) Arrrr!\"","plain_text":"Dm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwithout a spatula...\n\nSo Bluebeard said, \"Since we've nothing to do\nWhy don't we paint our new pirate ship blue?\nBlue for the poop deck. Blue for the sails\nBlue for the rudder, the riggings and the rails.\"\n\nAnd he sang, \"Yo ho ho, let's paint the ship blue\nNo other color's as trusty and true\nAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,\nblue's the most beautiful color. Arrrr!\"\n\nRedbeard spoke up, saying, \"Aye, but instead\nwouldn't ye rather we painted her red?\nRed for the cannons and the sodey-pop kegs\nRed for our eye-patches, parrots and pegs.\"\n(Parrot) Rawk! Pegleg.\n\nAnd he sang, \"Yo ho ho, nothing's quite like red\nIt's fearsome and fiery and fills men with dread\nAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,\nred's the most radiant color.  Arrr!\"\n\n\"Blackbeard said, \"Blimey! You're both off the track.\nLet's paint it something more handsome, like black.\"\n\"Blue!\" shouted Bluebeard, and Redbeard yelled, \"Red!\"\nBlackbeard said, \"Black! Are you cracked in the head?\"\n\nAnd he sang, \"Yo ho ho, give me deep, dark black\nfrom starboard to port, from the front to the back.\nAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,\nblack's a spectacular color. Arrr!\"\n\nRedbeard grabbed brushes and buckets and paints\nOver his shipmates insistent complaints.\nRather than letting him paint the ship red,\nThey got some blue paint and black paint instead.\n\nSwiftly the three of them painted their boat,\neach a completely dissimilar coat,\nMaking a color not red, black or blue;\nMixing, instead, an entirely new hue.\n\nThat was the last that was seen of the three\nSimply because they refused to agree.\nThey weren't torpedoed or shelled or harpooned.\nThey just disappeared, for their ship was marooned.\n\nAnd sometimes on a foggy night at sea,\nyou can still hear them singin'...\n\n\"Yo ho ho and a bottle of pop\nWe painted our ship from the bottom to the top.\nAs sure as we sail by the Northern star\n(Bluebeard) Blue's the most beautiful...\n(Redbeard) No! Red's the most radiant!\n(Blackbeard) What? Black's the most spectacular color!\n(Parrot) Rawk. How about yellow?\n(Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard) Arrrr!\"","chords":["Dm","Am","C","Gm","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}