Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Chorus:
A minorAm
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
DmDm E MajorE
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
A minorAm
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
FF E MajorE A minorAm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Interlude:
E MajorE FF E MajorE
Verse:
A minorAm
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
E MajorE FF E MajorE
The bosun brained with a marlinespike
A minorAm
And cookey's throat was marked belike
G+G
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
FF E MajorE
And there they lay, all god dead men
A minorAm
Like break o'day in a bozing ken
FF E MajorE A minorAm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
A minorAm
Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
D MajorD E MajorE
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
A minorAm
Ten of the crew had the murder mark!
FF A minorAm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Interlude:
E MajorE FF E MajorE
Verse:
A minorAm
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
G+G FF E MajorE
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
A minorAm G+G
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
FF E MajorE
Loking up at paradise
A minorAm
All souls bound just contrawise
FF E MajorE A minorAm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
A minorAm
Fifteen men of 'em good and true -
DmDm E MajorE
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
A minorAm
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
FF E MajorE A minorAm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Interlude:
F#F# G+G F#F# B minorBm
Verse:
B minorBm
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
A augmentedA G+G F#F#
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G F#F#
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
B minorBm A augmentedA
And they lay there that took the plum
G+G F#F#
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
B minorBm
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
G+G F#F# B minorBm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
B minorBm
Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
E minorEm F#F#
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
B minorBm
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
G+G F#F# B minorBm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
B minorBm
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
G minorGm E minorEm F#F#
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
B minorBm
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
G+G BB B minorBm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!