The Last Of The Privateers chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
DmDm  A minorAm FF G+G  DmDm

Verse:
         C majorC       A minorAm     DmDm
In the company of thieves, I set out for the plunder
              FF     A minorAm
In search of adventure and tender in years
 DmDm           FF   G+G
I threw in my lot and was cast asunder
   DmDm       C majorC      A minorAm  DmDm
And I joined with the last of the privateers

Verse:
    C majorC    A minorAm     DmDm
Mexican gold and rum from Jamaica
             FF      A minorAm
To the isle of Bermuda to wait out the year
   DmDm              FF     G+G
Then south round the Horn and the Devil can take her
    DmDm    C majorC     A minorAm  DmDm
It was all in a day for a privateer

Instrumental:
DmDm  A minorAm FF G+G  DmDm

Verse:
      C majorC    A minorAm    DmDm
I took no advance in pay or promotion
           FF     A minorAm
Squandered my share until it was gone
 DmDm           FF    G+G
I answered to no man, whatever his station
   DmDm      C majorC    A minorAm     DmDm
And I lived out the dream to follow the sun

Verse:
            C majorC      A minorAm       DmDm
For those dark-skinned beauties, my heart is still yearning
                   FF    A minorAm
With a smile for a rogue, they would sing us ashore
   DmDm             FF       G+G
With wine and strong liquor and young blood a-burning
    DmDm      C majorC   A minorAm      DmDm
I would give up a ransom to see them once more

Instrumental:
DmDm  A minorAm FF G+G  DmDm

Verse:
      C majorC    A minorAm    DmDm
I'll ship onboard a Nantucket Trader
              FF    A minorAm
And follow the course, whichever she steers
DmDm           FF      G+G
South to the Indies, by chance to Bermuda
     DmDm   C majorC      A minorAm  DmDm
And I'll bid farewell to the privateers

Verse:
        C majorC    A minorAm      DmDm
So be cheery my friends, don't be down-hearted
               FF      A minorAm
Drink a health to the man who throws away cares
     DmDm          FF      G+G
Lift your glass and be merry before we are parted
   DmDm     C majorC      A minorAm  DmDm
Bid adieu to the last of the privateers

Instrumental:
DmDm C majorC A minorAm DmDm
Dm  FF A minorAm
DmDm  FF G+G
DmDm C majorC A minorAm DmDm

Verse:
      C majorC    A minorAm     DmDm
Strike up a fiddle, if you've a notion
           FF     A minorAm
And lay me down easy under the stars
    DmDm         FF      G+G
Give me up to the deep of a dark rolling ocean
    DmDm     C majorC      A minorAm  DmDm
Say farewell to the last of the privateers

Outro:
DmDm  A minorAm FF G+G  DmDm