Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF G minorGm
Look ahead, look a-stern, look the weather in the lee,
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb D MajorD
Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
I see a wreck to the windward and a lofty ship to lee,
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbary
Verse 2:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
O are you a pirate or a man-o-war? cried we.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb D MajorD
Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
O no! I'm not a pirate but a man-o-war, cried he.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbary
Verse 3:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
We'll back up our topsails and heave our vessel to;
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb D MajorD
Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
For we have got some letters to be carried home by you.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbary
Verse 4:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
For broadside, for broadside, they fought all on the main;
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb D MajorD
Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
Until at last the frigate shot the pirate's mast away.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbary
Verse 5:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
With cutlass and gun, O we fought for hours three;
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb D MajorD
Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm
The ship it was their coffin and their grave it was the sea.
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbary