Em G C
I’d had one too many the night before
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And I needed to clear my pounding head
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So I headed on down to the Eastern Shore
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Sunrise Carolina sky was painted red
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Well the wind went whipping around my face.
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And the boats on Juniper bay were deathly still.
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Nothing marking time but the crashing waves.
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And the grand white lighthouse on the hill.

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When I saw Blackbeard’s Ghost in the fog off Ocracoke,
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like a rainy Sunday morning back in 1704.
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Was he looking for buried treasure,
D Em
a broken heart from long ago.
C D
Cause he left both off the coast of Pamlico.

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Legends tells he walked the plank alone,
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Others swear he took six bullets straight to hell
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By the hand of Captain Maynard on that cold November morn.
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And now he roams the beach all by himself.

C G D Em
Cause I saw Blackbeard’s Ghost in the fog off Ocracoke,
C G D
like a rainy Sunday morning back in 1704.
C G
Was he looking for his buried treasure,
D Em
his broken heart from long ago.
C D
Cause he left both off the coast of Pamlico.

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And some say they see the lights flickering on the sound
C D
He’s out there every night trying to chase the devil down.

C G D Em
Cause I saw Blackbeard’s Ghost in the fog off Ocracoke,
C G D
like a rainy Sunday morning back in 1704.
C G
Was he looking for his buried treasure,
D Em
his broken heart from long ago.
C D
Cause he left both off the coast of Pamlico.

[Outro]
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