Key: E
Introduction:
C DEm D/F# G
Verse
G D
When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
B G F#m D
My father said "Now son, this choice deserves deliberation
B Em D G
Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
C G D G B
My boy why not consider a more challenging career"
Chorus
Em DEm
Hey ho ho
Em D/F# G
You'll cruise to foreign shores
G D
And you'll keep your mind and body sound
C D G
By working out of doors
A Am Em
True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without
Em Am Bm C
And when you're a professional pirate
D G B
That's what the job's about
Em
Verse
D/F# G D
Now take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him
B G F#m D
But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him
B Em D G
It's how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
C G D G B
And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood
Chrous
Em DEm
Hey ho ho
Em D/F# G
We're honorable men
G D C D G
And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten
Am Em
On occasion there may be someone you have to execute
Em Am Bm C
But when you're a professional pirate
D G B
You don't have to wear a suit..... what?
Em
Bridge
Em
I could have been a surgeon
E4 Em
I like taking things apart
Em
Bad Polly: I could have been a lawyer
Am
But I just had too much heart
G Am
I could have been in politics
Bm C
Cause I've always been a big spender
G
And me...
D Am Em B
I could have been a contender
Em
Verse
G D
Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
B G F#m D
I say we're victims of bad press it's all exaggerated
B Em D G
We'd never stab you in the back, we'd never lie or cheat
C G D G B
We're just about the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet
(Long John's speech)
Em DEm
Hey ho ho
Em D/F# G
It's one for all for one
G D C G
And we'll share and share alike with you and love you like a son
A Am Em
We're gentlemen of fortune and that's what we're proud to be
Em Am Bm C
And when your a professional pirate
Coda
D
You'll be honest brave and free
D
The soul of decency
G
You'll be loyal and fair and on the square
C
And most importantly
Em Am Bm C
When you're a professional pirate
D C G
You're always in the best of company