Barrett's Privateers Tabbed by www.JaeFord.com C G C Oh the year was seventeen-seventy-eight C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. C G C C A letter of marque came from the king C G F To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C Oh Euclid Barrett cried the town C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C G C C For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who C G F Would make for him the Antelope's crew G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C G C She'd a-list to the port and her sails in rags C C G F And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C On the king's birthday we put to sea C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C G C We were ninty-one days to Montego Bay C C G F Pumping like madmen all the way G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C On the ninethy-sixth day we sailed again C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C G C When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight C C G F With our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C The Yankee lay low down with gold C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C G C She was broad and fat and loose with stays C C G F But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C Then at length we stood two cables away C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C G C Our cracked four-pounders made an aweful din C C G F But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C The Antelope shook and pitched on her side C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C C G C Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs C C G F And the main truck carried off both me legs G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers C G C So here I lay in the twenty-third year C F C G How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now C C G C It's been six years since we sailed away C C G F And I just made Halifax yesterday G C Goddamn them all C F I was told C F C F We'd cruse the seas for American gold G C We'd fire no guns G F Shed no tears C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier F F G C The last of Barrett's privateers Slowly: C F C F I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier (hold it) F F G C The last of Barrett's privateeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the C)