Mark Knopfler – Privateering (Ukulele)

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An easy take on "Privateering". Probably not 100 % accurate but works fine. Maybe there's another bass note somewhere.
 Am
Yon's my privateer see how trim she lies
To every man a lucky hand and to every man a prize
                                 C          G
I live to ride the ocean the mighty world around

 Am                               G              Am
To take a little plunder and to hear the cannon sound

    F               C
To lay with pretty women

                 G        Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine

 Am                                G               Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine

 Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
 Am
The people on your man o'war are treated worse than scum
I'm no flogging Captain my God I've sailed with some
                               C                G
Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down

 Am                               G       Am
Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown

    F               C
To lay with pretty women

                 G        Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine

 Am                                G               Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine

 Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
 Am
Look here there's my privateer she's small but she can sting
Licensed to take prizes with a letter from the King
                                      C             G
I love the streets and taverns of a pretty foreign town

 Am                                       G           Am
tip my hat to the dark eyed ladies as we sally up and down

    F               C
To lay with pretty women

                 G        Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine

 Am                                G               Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine

 Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
 Am
Britannia needs her privateers each time she goes to war
Death to all her enemies no prizes matter more
                               C                G
Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down

 Am                               G       Am
Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown

    F               C
To lay with pretty women

                 G        Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine

 Am                                G               Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine

 Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!