Misc Traditional – The Coast Of High Barbary (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
      Em                        D              Em
Look ahead, look astern, look a weather in the lee

     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

  Em             Am             G             B
I see a wreck to windward and a lofty ship to lee

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary
[Verse 2]
    Em                    D                  Em
"Oh are you a pirate or a Man-o'-War?" cried we

     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

    Em           Am           G                  B
"Oh no I'm not a pirate but a Man-o'-War!" cried he

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary
[Verse 3]
      Em                       D                Em
We'll back up our topsails and heave our vessel to

     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

    Em               Am            G               B
For we have got some letters to be carried home by you

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary
[Verse 4]
    Em                             D                Em
For broadside, for broadside, they fought along the main

     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

  Em              Am               G             B
Until at last the frigate shot the pirate's mast away

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary
[Verse 5]
     Em                           D             Em
"For quarters, for quarters!" the saucy pirates cried

     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

    Em               Am                 G                B
The quarters that we showed them was to sink them in the tide

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary
[Verse 6]
     Em                              D                Em
With cutlass and with gun, though we fought for hours three

     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

    Em                Am               G                B
The ship it was their coffin and their grave it was the sea

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary
[Outro]
     Em         Am       G         B
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we

  Em                              D         Em
A-sailin' down along the coast of High Babary