Joseph Arthur – Coast Of High Barbary (Guitar)
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Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006)
Original in Am
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[Verse 1]
Am Em Am Em There were two lofty ships, from old England came Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em One was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of Wales Am Am G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 2]
Am Em Am Em "Aloft there, aloft," our jolly boatsman cried Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em "Look ahead, look astern, look the weather, look a-lee" Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am "Look down along the coast of High Barbary"
[Verse 3]
Am Em Am Em "There's naught upon the stern, there's naught upon the lee Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em But there's a lofty ship to windward, and she's sailin' fast and free" Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 4]
Am Em Am Em "Oh hail her, oh hail her," our gallant captain cried Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em "Are you a man of war, a privateer, a merchant ship?," said he Am Am G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 5]
Am Em Am Em "I am not a man of war, a privateer," said he Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em "But I'm a salt sea pirate, a-looking for my fee" Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 6]
Am Em Am Em For broadside, for broadside, a long time we lay Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate's mast away Am Am G G Am Am Am Am Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 7]
Am Em Am Em "For quarter, for quarter," the pirates they did cry Am Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail we Am Em Am Em But the answer that we gave them: we sunk them in the sea Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary Am Am G G G G Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary