Gordon Bok – High Barbary (Guitar)

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[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
[Verse]
                               A                Bm
With cutlass and gun, well, we fought for hours three

                                   D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

    Bm                A                G                F#m
The ship it was their coffin and their grave it was the sea

      Bm                D            Em7       Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[Verse]
                                  A                Bm
"Oh quarter! Oh, quarter!", those pirates they did cry

                                   D
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

        Bm              A               G               F#m
But the quarter that we give 'em was to sink 'em in the sea

      Bm                D            Em7       Bm
All a-cruising down the coast of the High Barbary
[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