High Barbary - Gordon Bok Chords
Chords: Bm, A, D, G, F#m, Em7
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Genre: folk, celtic, traditional
[Intro]
Bm A Bm D
Bm A G F#m Bm D Em7 Bm
[Verse]
A Bm
There were two lofty ships from old England come
D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Bm A G F#m
One was the Prince of Luther and the other Prince of Wales
Bm D Em7 Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[Verse]
A Bm
"Aloft there! Aloft there!", our bully bosun cried
D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Bm A G F#m
Look ahead, look astern, look to weather and alee
Bm D Em7 Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[Verse]
A Bm
"There's naught upon our stern, sir, there's naught upon our lee"
D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Bm A G F#m
"But there's a lofty ship to windward and she's sailing fast and free"
Bm D Em7 Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[Verse]
A Bm
"Then hail her! Oh, hail her!", our gallant captain cried
D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Bm A G F#m
"Are you a man-of-war or a privateer?" cried he
Bm D Em7 Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[Verse]
A Bm
"Oh no, I'm not a man-o'-war nor privateer", cried he
D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Bm A G F#m
"But I'm a salty pirate all a-looking for my fee"
Bm D Em7 Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[Verse]
A Bm
Then broadside and broadside, a long time they lay
D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Bm A G F#m
'Til at last the Prince of Luther shot the pirates' mast away
Bm D Em7 Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
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