There Once Was A Pirate chords by Spring Awakening

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

   G minorGm
There once was a pirate
  A augmentedA
Who put out to sea
  G minorGm
His mates all around him
  A augmentedA
No maiden on his knee
  C minorCm
Oh sail for a little
 G minorGm
A augmentedA little little litte
   A augmentedA
He'll sail for a little
    D MajorD
Til she finds him

Verse 2:

   G minorGm
There once was a maiden
  A augmentedA
Who wandered the mead
  G minorGm
To gather blue violets
  A augmentedA
Her mama would need
  C minorCm
A augmentedA wail through the willows
 G minorGm
All hollow through the willows
   A augmentedA
She'll wail through the willows
    D MajorD
'Til she finds him

Verse 3:

   G minorGm
The sea was so violent
  A augmentedA
The crew went below
  G minorGm
They begged him to join them
  A augmentedA
But he would not go
  C minorCm
Oh sail a little little
  G minorGm
For just a little little
   A augmentedA
Oh sail for a little
    D MajorD
'Til she finds him

Verse 4:

   G minorGm
Her heart was so laden
  A augmentedA
She fell by a tree
  G minorGm
Sang of some pirate
  A augmentedA
Who haunted the sea
  C minorCm
A augmentedA wail through the willows
  G minorGm
All hollow through the willows
   A augmentedA
She'll wail through the willows
    D MajorD
'Til she finds him

bridge:

  G minorGm
A augmentedA wail through the willows

(sail for a little)
  C minorCm
All hollow through the willows

(the willow willows)
   A augmentedA
She'll wail through the willows

(sail for a little)
     D MajorD
'Til she finds him

Outro:

  G minorGm
He'll sail for a little
 A augmentedA
A majorA little little little
  C minorCm
He'll sail for a little
   A augmentedA
'Til she finds him

  G minorGm                A augmentedA
He'll sail for a little 'til she finds him