There Once Was A Pirate chords by Spring Awakening

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

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

Verse 2:

      Gm
There once was a maiden
    A
Who wandered the mead
    Gm
To gather blue violets
    A
Her mama would need
   Cm
A wail through the willows
  Gm
All hollow through the willows
      A
She'll wail through the willows
        D
'Til she finds him

Verse 3:

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

Verse 4:

      Gm
Her heart was so laden
    A
She fell by a tree
    Gm
Sang of some pirate
    A
Who haunted the sea
   Cm
A wail through the willows
    Gm
All hollow through the willows
      A
She'll wail through the willows
        D
'Til she finds him

bridge:

   Gm
A wail through the willows

(sail for a little)
    Cm
All hollow through the willows

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

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

Outro:

   Gm
He'll sail for a little
 A
A little little little
    Cm
He'll sail for a little
      A
'Til she finds him

   Gm                               A
He'll sail for a little 'til she finds him