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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Chorus:
Am
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Dm E
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Am
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
F E Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Interlude:
E F E
Verse:
Am
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
E F E
The bosun brained with a marlinespike
Am
And cookey's throat was marked belike
G
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
F E
And there they lay, all god dead men
Am
Like break o'day in a bozing ken
F E Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
Am
Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
D E
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Am
Ten of the crew had the murder mark!
F Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Interlude:
E F E
Verse:
Am
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
G F E
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
Am G F E
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
Am G
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
F E
Loking up at paradise
Am
All souls bound just contrawise
F E Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
Am
Fifteen men of 'em good and true -
Dm E
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Am
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
F E Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Interlude:
F# G F# Bm
Verse:
Bm
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
A G F#
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
Bm A G F#
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
Bm A
And they lay there that took the plum
G F#
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
Bm
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
G F# Bm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
Bm
Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
Em F#
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Bm
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
G F# Bm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Chorus:
Bm
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Gm Em F#
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Bm
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
G B Bm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Song History
Last Updated: July 17, 2022