Mark Knopfler - Privateering Chords

Privateering by Mark Knopfler from Privateering album


Time: 2/4
Key: C Minor
Capo: 3 fret


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Yon’s my privateer

See how trim she lies

To every man a lucky hand

And every man a prize

I live to ride the ocean
     C             G     Am
The mighty world around
                   C
To take a little plunder
        G               Am
And to hear the cannon sound

    F               C
To lay with pretty women
                  G    D/F#
To drink Madeira wine
    Am                C
To hear the rollers thunder
       G               Am
On a shore that isn’t mine

      Am
Privateering we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho


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The people on your man o’ war

Are treated worse than scum

I’m no flogging captain

And by God I’ve sailed with some

Come with me to Barbary
        C               G    Am
We’ll ply there up and down
            C
Not quite exactly
        G               Am
In the service of the Crown
    F               C
To lay with pretty women
                  G    D/F#
To drink Madeira wine
    Am                C
To hear the rollers thunder
       G               Am
On a shore that isn’t mine


      Am
Privateering we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho


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Look’ee there’s my privateer

She’s small but she can sting

Licensed to take prizes

With a letter from the King

I love the streets and taverns
       C             G
Of a pretty foreign town
        Am                   C
Tip my hat to the dark-eyed ladies
       G            Am
As we sally up and down
    F               C
To lay with pretty women
                  G    D/F#
To drink Madeira wine
    Am                C
To hear the rollers thunder
       G               Am
On a shore that isn’t mine


      Am
Privateering we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho


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Britannia needs her privateers

Each time she goes to war

Death to all her enemies

Though prizes matter more

Come with me to Barbary
        C               G    Am
We’ll ply there up and down
            C
Not quite exactly
        G               Am
In the service of the Crown
    F               C
To lay with pretty women
                  G    D/F#
To drink Madeira wine
    Am                C
To hear the rollers thunder
       G               Am
On a shore that isn’t mine


      Am
Privateering we will go

Privateering, yo ho hoho

Privateering we will go

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho


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