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Introdução:
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And so it began
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The story how Elzevir would look after John as his own son
Am
And the smugglers betrayed on Moonfleet Bay
Em D Em
By Maskew looking now at Elzevir's gun
G D
Then a shot rang out in the morning light
Em B
Maskew fell a hole between his eyes
Em Am
But it was his own men who brought him down
B Em D Em
And they also got poor John, oh, they also shot poor John
C G D Em
Oooh, it's a dangerous world boys
C G D Em
Oooh, with the smuggling crew
C G D Em
Oooh, it's a dangerous life boys
Em D Em
When you're running from the Revenue
Em D Em
When you're running from the Revenue
Em
And so to escape it came now for Elzevir to pick up the boy
D Em
And carry him away
Am
For he could not walk with a bullet in the leg
Em D Em
And they made for the safety of the Purbeck cave
G D
T'was there that John would read one night
Em B
The words in the locket by candlelight
Em Am B Em
For the Bible verses held the key to Blackbeard's hidden treasure
D Em
At the bottom of a Castle well
C G D Em
Oooh, it's a dangerous world boys
C G D Em
Oooh, in a smuggler's life
C G D Em
Oooh, in the Days of our age boys
Em D Em
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
Em D Em
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
Em D Em
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
Em D Em
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
D
Oh, we're going to be rich boys
A
The treasure we will find
Em Bm
Blackbeard's bones are dancing here tonight
Bm A Bm
Yes, we're going to be rich boys, the treasure we will find
Bm A Bm
At fourscore feet deep, well, North is where it lies