Misc Musicals – The Pirates Of Penzance - When Frederick Was A Little Lad (Guitar)
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The Pirates of Penzance:
'When Frederick was a little lad'
W. Gilbert, A. Sullivan
[Intro]
G5
C
C6 Am
G
[Verse 1]
Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 When Frederick was a little lad Cm G7 He proved so brave and daring Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 His father thought he'd 'prentice him Cm G7 Cm To some career sea-faring Eb Cdim Eb Cdim I was alas his nurs'ry maid Cm Eb Bb And so it fell to my lot Eb Cdim Eb Cdim To take and bind the promising boy Cm F7 G7 Apprentice to a pilot C F6 C F6 A life not bad for a hardy lad C G7 Though surely not a high lot C C6 Am Though I'm a nurse, you might do worse G C Than make your boy a pilot
[Interlude]
G5
C
C6 Am
G
[Verse 2]
Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 I was a stupid nurs'ry maid Cm G7 On breakers always steering Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 I did not hear the word a-right Cm G7 Cm Through being hard of hearing Eb Cdim Eb Cdim Mistaking my instructions which Cm Eb Bb Within my brain did gyrate Eb Cdim Eb Cdim I took and bound this promising boy Cm F7 G7 Apprentice to a pirate C F6 C F6 A sad mistake it was to make C G7 And doom him to a vile lot C C6 Am I bound him to a pirate, you G C Instead of to a pilot
[Interlude]
G5
C
C6 Am
G
[Verse 3]
Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 I soon found out beyond all doubt Cm G The scope of this disaster Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 But I hadn't the face to return to my place Cm G7 Cm And break it to my master Eb Cdim Eb Cdim A nurs'ry maid is not afraid Cm Eb Bb Of what you people call work Eb Cdim Eb Cdim So I made up my mind to go as a kind Cm F7 G7 Of piratical maid-of-all-work C F6 C F6 And that is how you find me now C G7 A member of this shy lot C Which you wouldn't have found, C6 Am Had he been bound G C Apprentice to a pilot