Pirate Snail On Broccoli Island chords by Parry Gripp

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

“Pirate Snail on Broccoli Island” Parry Gripp

Use Capo at 2nd fret for original key

Instrumental:
D  A  D  A

Intro:
D              A           Bm       D
(Gather ‘round friends and hear the tale)
        G         D        Bm           A
(Of the brave and handsome pirate snail)

Verse 1:
D               A
Pirate snail on Broccoli Island
Bm                      D
Up on the hill, see his flag is flying
G                    D
Down on beach he’s assembled the crew
        Bm               A
There’s Earwig Emily and Batty LaRue

Verse 2:
D                        A
Pirate snail sailing the seven seas
Bm                            D
Boom! go the cannons shooting jelly beans
G                   D
First mate Rudy’s a potato bug
Bm                      A
Down goes the root beer glug, glug, glug

Chorus:
          G           D
Singing, “Yo Ho Ho Ho Ho!”
Bm                   A
Hoist the sails and away we go
          G           D
Singing, “Yo Ho Ho Ho Ho!”
Bm                               A
Waving to the whales, Shouting, “There she blows!”
Bm             A      G
Hooray for the pirate snail!

Instrumental:
D  A  Bm  A
D  A  Bm  A

Verse 3:
    D                         A
The Pirate snail fighting the storm
    Bm                  D
The ship was heavy with candy corn
G                        D
Emily slipped off of the mainsail line
Bm                             A
Rudy caught her pincher in the nick of time

Verse 4:
     D                          A
Then dark clouds parted and the sun broke through
 Bm                     D
“Broccoli ho!”, shouted Batty LaRue
G                          D
Rudy grabbed the wheel and gave it a spin
Bm                        A
Boom! went the jelly bean cannons again!

Chorus:
          G           D
Singing, “Yo Ho Ho Ho Ho!”
Bm                   A
Hoist the sails and away we go
          G           D
Singing, “Yo Ho Ho Ho Ho!”
Bm                               A
Waving to the whales, Shouting, “There she blows!”
Bm             A      G      D
Hooray for the pirate snail!

Instrumental:
D  A  Bm  D
G  D  Bm  A
D  A  Bm  D
G  D  Bm  A

Verse 5:
D                         A
Rita The Roach giving the deck swab
Bm                            D
Larval-stage Louie’s grilling up kebabs
G                   D
Emily and Batty are out on the sand
Bm                    A
Rudy’s in line at the snorkel stand

Verse 6:
D                   A
Pirate snail on the broccoli isle
       Bm                          D
Always trying his best to make his mama smile
        G                        D
Doesn’t bury his treasure ‘cause that’s no fun
      Bm                       A
Gonna share all the booty with everyone

Chorus:
          G           D
Singing, “Yo Ho Ho Ho Ho!”
Bm                   A
Hoist the sails and away we go
          G           D
Singing, “Yo Ho Ho Ho Ho!”
Bm                               A
Waving to the whales, Shouting, “There she blows!”
Bm             A      G      D
Hooray for the pirate snail!
Bm             A      G      D
Hooray for the pirate snail!
Bm             A      G      D
Hooray for the pirate snail!

Instrumental:
D  A  D  A  D