The Mountain Goats – Great Pirates (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D#m Cdim B D D#m G#7 B [Verse 1]
F#       E                          F#
On the morning when I stop looking back

B                                F#
I'll be up to see the sunrise in deep bruise black

D#m                  F#              B      G#
And bright blood red and pale desert rose

    C#
And several other colors like those
[Chorus]
F#    E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves

F#    E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves
F# E B F# [Verse 2]
E                   F#
Everybody gone from here

B       B7                  F#
May you all emerge free and clear

D#m                                F#   B
And may you do some good where you go

G#
High in the hands of the crosswinds

C#
Or in the arms of the undertow
[Chorus]
F#    E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves

F#    E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves
F# E B [Bridge]
                C#    D#m       B
And calling the roll, let's see

     F#
just me

                      B     G#
And checking the rigging before

A#             B
Heading off to war
Bm7 A D#m C7 B F# [Verse 3]
       E                F#    B
Peach rose black sky up early

B7                   F#
Carry what I need to carry

D#m                 F#    B
Bury what I have to bury

G#                          C#
Dancing, whistling, singing past the cemetery
[Chorus]
F#    E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves

             F#m
Great, great pirates

      E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves

             F#m
Great, great pirates

      E                   B
Great pirates testing the waves
[Outro] F#m E B DM7 D#m Cdim BM7 DM7 D#m Cdim BM7 DM7 D#m Cdim BM7 DM7 D#m Cdim B D#m Cdim B F#