Voltaire – The Beast Of Pirates Bay (Guitar)

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[Intro]
Dm
Gather weary traveller

  Gm             Dm
I have a tale to tell

   Gm
It might just save your lives

         A
But only if you listen well

      Dm
Cause there before the breakers

    Gm              A
And just around the way

A
There's a sign

     A
That says Beware
A Gm F E Dm (play variations of Dm moving up the fretboard) The Beast of Pirate's Bay [Verse 1]
Dm
Some say he's a guppy

  Gm
A kid threw in the sea

   Dm
He ate so many sailors

         A
Now he's bigger than a tree

    Dm
His teeth as sharp as scissors

    Gm
His claws they are like knives...

    A                 A
And if you think he's ugly

          A       A7    Dm
Wait 'til you see his insides!
[Chorus]
    Dm
Oh, don't you sail
And don't you row
    Gm
And certainly don't you swim

      Dm
Cause if you aren't careful

           A
You'll end up inside of him

      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out

    Gm
You better stay away

A                  A
Head the sign that says Beware

    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 2]
Dm
Some say he's a serpent

     Gm
That came straight from hell

   Dm
To eat the souls of pirates

    A
And other ne'er-do-wells

Dm
Some they don't believe it

       Gm
As for me I've got a hunch...

       A
'Cause they used to have some pirates here

       A        A7      Dm
But he ate them all for lunch!
[Chorus]
Dm
Don't you sail
And don't you row
    Gm
And certainly don't you swim

      Dm
Cause if you aren't careful

           A
You'll end up inside of him

      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out

    Gm
You better stay away

A                  A
Head the sign that says Beware

    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 3]
      Dm
Well, Captain Hook, you've heard of him

   Gm
He came to Pirate's Bay

Dm
Seems his little nemesis

    A
Had nearly got away

   Dm
He reached into the water

   Gm
To grab at Peter Pan...
There was a crunch and a scream!
    A               A
And now that scurvy captain's

    A        A7       Dm
Got hooks on both his hands!
[Chorus]
    Dm
Oh, don't you sail
And don't you row
    Gm
And certainly don't you swim

      Dm
Cause if you aren't careful

           A
You'll end up inside of him

      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out

    Gm
You better stay away

A                  A
Head the sign that says Beware

    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 4]
      Dm
Well, Blackbeard the Pirate

    Gm
You know for what he's feared

     Dm
It's mostly for the dark, imposing

A
color of his beard

   Dm
He saw the beast and now

         Gm
Nobody's scared of him because...

    A                      A
His beard turned white and all agree

   A          A7    Dm
He looks like Santa Claus
[Chorus]
    Dm
Oh, don't you sail
And don't you row
    Gm
And certainly don't you swim

      Dm
Cause if you aren't careful

           A
You'll end up inside of him

      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out

    Gm
You better stay away

A                  A
Head the sign that says Beware

    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Sad bit]
      Dm
Well, now the tavern's empty

            Gm           Dm
And there's only you and me

    Dm
And if you care I'd like to share

    Gm                A
How this song came to be

   Dm
So come a little closer

       Gm             A
If you really want to know

     A            A
This very sad and woeful tale

   A     Gm F    E Dm
happened so long a-go...

      Dm                             Gm               Dm
Well, I was just a little boy when I went to Pirate's Bay

    Gm                              A
And there I saw a creature that was very much dismayed

       Dm                              Gm                A
With a harpoon in his dorsal fin and a hook stuck in his side

     A                A               A    Gm F  E  Dm
This mighty whale was in such pain we both began to cry...

  Dm           Dm
I PUSHED and I shoved!

    Gm               A
But he wouldn't give way

  Dm
Into the deeper waters

       Gm               A
Of our shallow Pirate's Bay

    Dm
All I could do to help him

       Gm           A
Was to keep people away...

     A
So I wrote a sign...

     A
That said Beware...

    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay!
WHAT DID IT SAY?
Dm
Don't you sail and don't you row

    Gm
And certainly don't you swim

      Dm                               Gm           A
Cause if you aren't careful you'll end up inside of him

      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out

    Gm
You better stay away

A                  A
HEED THE SIGN THAT SAYS BEWARE

     Bb
HELL I SHOULD KNOW, I PUT IT THERE

A                  A
HEED THE SIGN THAT SAYS BEWARE

    A
THE BEAST

Gm
OF

F  E
PI-RATE'S

Dm
BAY!
[Ending] Dm A Dm