Barrett's Privateers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh, [Am]the year was 1[G]778
How I [Am]wish I was in Sherbrooke [G]now
[Am]A letter of marque came
from the King
To the scummiest vessel [G]I've [Am]ever seen
God damn [G]them [C]all

[Verse 2]
[Am]
I was told we'd [G]cruise
the seas for American [Am]gold
We'd fire no [G]guns, shed no tears
[Am]But I'm a broken man
on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Pri[G]vateer[C]s
[G]Oh

[Verse 3]
[Am]Elcid Barrett, cried [C]the town
How I wish I was in [G]Sherbrooke [C]now[G]
For twenty brave [Am]men all
fishermen [G]who
Would make for him [C]the
[G]Ante[C]lope's [Am]crew
[G]God damn them [C]all

[Verse 4]
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the
[Am]seas [G]for [C]American [Am]gold
We'd [G]fire no guns, shed no [Am]tears
But I'm [C]a broken [Am]man
on a Halifax [F]pier[Am]
The last of Barrett's [C]Privateers
[G]The Ante[Am]lope

[Verse 5]
sloop [G]was a
sicken[C]ing sight
How I wish I [Am]was in [G]Sherbrooke now
[C]She'd a list [Am]to the [G]port
and and her sails in rags
And the cook [Am]in the [G]scuppers
with the staggers [Am]and jags
[C]God damn [G]them all

[Verse 6]
[C]
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the
[Am]seas for American gold
We'd fire no [C]guns, [G]shed no [F]tears
[Am]But I'm a broken man on
a Halifax [F]pier
[Am]The last of Barrett's [C]Privateers
On the [G]King's birthday

[Verse 7]
we put [C]to sea
How I wish I [Am]was in [G]Sherbrooke now
We [C]were ninety- one [G]days
to Montego [C]Bay
Pump[Am]ing like mad[C]men [Am]all the way
God [C]damn [G]them [C]all

[Verse 8]
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the
[Am]seas [G]for Americ[C]an [Am]gold
We'd fire [C]no [G]guns, shed no [Am]tears[F]
[Am]But I'm a [C]broken m[Am]an on
a Hali[C]fax [F]pier
[Dm]The last [Am]of Barrett's [C]Privateers
On the [G]ninety- sixth

[Verse 9]
day we [Am]sailed [C]again
How I wish I [F]was in [G]Sherbrooke now
When a [C]bloody great [G]Yankee
hove in sight
With our cracked four- [C]pounders
we made [Am]to fight
God [C]damn them all

[Verse 10]
[C]
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the seas
for [C]American [Am]gold
We'd [C]fire [G]no [C]guns, [G]shed no tears
[F]But I'm[G] a bro[C]ken man[F] on [Am]a Halifax pier
The [F]last [Dm]of Barrett'[Am]s Priv[C]ateers
How the Yan[Am]kee

[Verse 11]
lay low
down [C]with gold
How I wish I [Am]was in
Sherbrooke [D]now[Dm]
[Am]She was broad and fat
[G]and loose in [C]stays
[Am]But to [G]catch her took the
[Am]Antelope two whole days
God [C]damn them all

[Verse 12]
[C]
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the
[Am]seas for [C]American gold
[Am]We'd [C]fire no [G]guns, shed no [Am]tears[F]
But I'm a [C]broken [Am]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [Dm]last [Am]of Barrett's [C]Privateers
Then at [G]length we

[Verse 13]
stood
two cables [C]away
How I wish I was [F]in [G]Sherbrooke now
Our cracked [C]four- [G]pounders
made an aw[C]ful din
But with [G]one fat ball the [C]Yank [G]stove us in
God damn [C]them all

[Verse 14]
[C]
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the
[Am]seas for [C]American [F]gold
We'd [C]fire no [G]guns, shed no [Am]tears[F]
[Am]But I'm a brok[C]en man o[Am]n a Halifax pier
The [Dm]last [Am]of Ba[C]rrett's Privateers
The [G]Antelope

[Verse 15]
shook and
pitched [C]on her side
How I wish I was in [G]Sherbrooke now
[C]Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
[Am]And the main truck c[C]ar
ried off both me legs

[Verse 16]
God damn them [C]all
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the seas
[C]for American [Am]gold
[C]We'd fire no guns, [G]shed no [Am]tears
But I'm a [C]broken man [Am]on a Halifa[C]x pi[F]er
The [Am]last of [F]Bar[C]rett's Privateers

[Verse 17]
So here I [C]lay [Dm]in my twenty- [G]third year
[C]How I wish I was [Am]in Sh[G]erbrooke now
It's been six years since we sailed away
And I [G]just made Halifax yesterday

[Verse 18]
God damn them [C]all
I was [Am]told we'd [G]cruise the seas
for [C]Americ[G]an [C]gold
[F]We'd fire no guns, shed [G]no [F]tears
[C]But I'm a broken [F]man
on a [C]Halifax [F]pier[Am]
[F]The [Dm]last of Bar[Am]rett's [C]Pri[G] va[C]teers