Jolly Roger chords by Roger Mcguinn

Chords

From [email protected] Sun May  4 11:24:06 1997

Roger McGuinn   Jolly Roger   written by Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy

 DmDm                                      G+G            DmDm
The sun comes up on the ...
                                     G+G               A7A7
Being hunted by the King's Navy ...
      DmDm                                  C majorC          G+G     DmDm
Pull away me lads  O the Cardiff Rose ...
DmDm                                       G+G               DmDm
We brought her into the ...
DmDm                                      G+G                A7A7
For thoughts of what it might ...
    DmDm                                  G+G           DmDm
But thoughts about the Spanish ....
                                       G+G             A7A7
Can make a man so brash and bold ...
         DmDm                                C majorC         G+G      DmDm
Pull away me lads of the Cardiff  Rose ...
DmDm                                             G+G
Now a gleam came into the captain's ...
DmDm
clipper
                                           G+G              A7A7
She looks the perfect shape and size ...
    DmDm                             G+G                DmDm
We fired a shot across her bow and ...
                                         G+G                     A7A7
With our keel as close as she'd ...
her
     DmDm                                   C majorC         G+G     DmDm
Pull away me lads of the Cardiff ...
DmDm                                      G+G           DmDm
Up she tumbles and starts to pitch  ...
                                        G+G              A7A7
We tightened our hold another hitch ...
DmDm                                             G+G
Now there's many a day  on the ...
DmDm
raider

But we never did nothing ....
         G+G           A7A7
Than the way ...
     DmDm                                  C majorC          G+G       DmDm
Pull away me lads of the Cardiff Rose ...
DmDm                                     G+G
Her hold was hot as St Elmo's ...
DmDm
treasure
                                     G+G                 A7A7
We took as much as we'd ...
     DmDm
Now there's many a day on ...
    G+G               DmDm
But none I ...
                                 G+G           A7A7
As the happy day I first ...
      DmDm                                 C majorC         G+G     DmDm
Pull away me lads of the Cardif ...

 Copyright @ 1975 Patian Music and Jackelope Publishing Co.(BMI)
 From the "Cardiff Rose''  LP  Columbia Records 1976