Alestorm – Pirate Song (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
(Black Sails at Midnight)
worked out by ear so might not be exactly 100% but the least it could be is 99%.
everything here sounds right but might not be exactly correct. i wrote this for
keyboard but it would proably be the same for guitar, as most of it is just power chords anyway.
INTRO- Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 F# C#
Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 B5 F# Ab5
Ab5 B5 Though you see me now a mere ghost of a man F#5 C# I once had the heart of a lion Ab5 B5 Commanded my ship between many a shore F#5 C# The ol’ Jolly Roger a-flyin Ab5 B5 Mine was a name that struck fear into men F#5 C# And regret into plenty of lasses Ab5 B5 Oh how I wish I could take back those days F#5 C# As I stare at these empty beer-glasses B Ebm And I think of the times past when I had it all C# Ab5 I toyed with men’s wives and their daughters B Ebm And in my pursuit of this ill-gotten wealth C# Eb I stabbed and I slashed and I slaughtered Ab5 E5 And for what? The men that I’ve fought F#5 C# Are matched by the number of women I’ve bought Ab5 E5 And for what? I’ve killed and I’ve shot F#5 F# And reddened the cold tears of children with blood Ab5 F# B5 C#5 And if I could go back and make my amends B5 F#5 Ab5 I’d make all those mistakes again B5 F# Eb Ab5 I’d kill every last one of those bastards, my friend
REPEAT INTRO- Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 F# C#
Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 B5 F# Ab5
Ab5 B5 My ship was the last sight that many would see F#5 C# As we narrowed the gap with our quarry Ab5 B5 The sound of the cannons and splintering wood F#5 C# Would herald our paths into glory Ab5 B5 We seized all the bounty and scuppered the ship F#5 C# Our hearts hadn’t time for the wounded Ab5 B5 I took my share and the crew got the rest F#5 C# And on into port we then bounded B Ebm Life has many pleasures, and we had our fill C# Ab5 Of food and of wenches and beer B Ebm When we’d tired of the port or had drunken it dry C# Eb The time to set sail would come near Ab5 E5 And for what? We heeded no law F#5 C# Made other men suffer so we could have more Ab5 E5 And for what? We lived every day F#5 F# With the noose of the hangman a hair’s breadth away Ab5 F# B5 C# And if I could go back and make my amends B5 F# Ab5 I’d make all those mistakes again B5 F# Eb Ab5 I’d kill every last one of those bastards, my friend
SOLOS:
ACCORDIAN PART (in single notes NOT CHORDS)
(RH= right hand LH= left hand __= hold note)
RH- C# Eb E Eb C# Eb C# B
LH- C# C# C# C# C# C# C# C#
RH- C# Eb E Eb E F# E Eb
LH- C# C# C# C# C# B B B
RH- C# Eb E Eb C# Eb C# B
LH- C# C# C# C# C# C# C# C#
RH- E B E Ab F# E F# C# F# Bb Ab F#
LH- E_______________ F#_______________
MAIN SOLO- GTR/KYBD/GTR/KYBD
(CHORDS)
Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
Ab5 B5 F#5 C#
REPEAT ACCORDIAN PART
Ab5 B5 Oh I have seen wonders you’d never have dreamed F#5 C# And taken my fair share I must say Ab5 B5 Holds full of booty I happily seized F#5 C# From crews who would not see a new day Ab5 B5 Spanish gold came and went, gem stones got sold F#5 C# But I knew more lay on the horizon Ab5 B5 Yet the beer was too good and the gals were too sweet F#5 C# And now in my old age it’s gone B Ebm These memories were bought with the lives of good men C# Ab5 A price that I paid without scruple B Ebm So many souls suffered so I could get drunk C# Eb And swagger from brothel to brothel Ab5 E5 And for what? It’s been many years F#5 C# Yet the screams of the vanquished still ring in my ears Ab5 E5 And for what? I’ve blood on my hands F#5 F# I wait for my place in the halls of the damned Ab5 F# B5 C# And if I could go back and make my amends B5 F# Ab5 I’d make all those mistakes again B5 F# Eb Ab5 I’d kill every last one of those bastards my friend
i'll be uploading a cover soon as i learn the solo so keep an eye on
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