originally from : barrie mccombs – modified by daniel sadler
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oh , the year was seventeen seventy – eight
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how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
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a letter of marque came from the king
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to the scummiest vessel i’d ever seen
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
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we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
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the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
well , elcid barrett cried the town
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how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
for twenty brave men , all fishermen , who
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would make for him the antelope’s crew
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
the antelope sloop was a sickening sight
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how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
she’d a list to the port and her sails in rags
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and the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
on the king’s birth – day we put to sea
* F C G ( * )
how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
we were ninety – one days to mon – tego bay
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pumping like madmen all the way
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
on the ninety – sixth day we sailed A – gain
* F C F ( * )
how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
when a bloody great yankee hove in sight
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with our cracked four – pounders , we made to fight
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
the yankee lay low down with gold
* F C G ( * )
how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
she was broad and fat and loose in stays
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but to catch her took the antelope two whole days
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
then at length we stood two cables A – way
* F C G ( * )
how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
our cracked four – pounders made an awful din
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but with one fat ball the yank stove us in
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
the antelope shook and pitched on her side
* F C G ( * )
how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
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and the main – truck carried off both me legs
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
C * G C
so here i lay in me twenty – third year
* F C G ( * )
how i wish i was in sherbrooke now
C G C *
it’s been six years since we sailed A – way
* * G C
and i just made halifax yester – day
G C * F
god damn them all , i was told ,
C F C F
we’d cruise the seas for A – merican gold
G C G F ( * )
we’d fire no guns , shed no tears
C F C F
but i’m a broken man on a halifax pier
* * G C
the last of barrett’s priva – teers
symbols :
– asterisk ( * ) = new measure , play same chord
– period ( . ) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
– underline ( _ ) = sustain note into next measure
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