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