Buccaneers Chords

[Intro]
Am
 
[Verse 1]
Am           C      F               Em
I’ll not forget the night I went to sea,
    F                  Em                 G
The press gang and the crack they gave to me,
Am     C        F                 Em
No goodbyes, no farewell upon the quay,
   F         Em           G
No kiss from my sweet family.
 
[Chorus]
C     Dm         F      Am
Haul away, haul away my boys,
C          Dm             Am
You’ll not see your ma’s again,
C     Dm      F                 Am
Haul away and curse old Captain Jack,
    C                Dm                   Am
The hardtack and the grubs that live therein.
 
[Verse 2]
Am             C         F                Em
At first light I with my back against the gun,
F                Em           G
Blinked into the sun there to see,
Am      C           F                Em
Captain Jack with a sickly jaundiced skin,
F            Em              G
Barnacle pox and the foulest grin.
 
[Chorus]
C     Dm         F      Am
Haul away, haul away my boys,
C          Dm             Am
You’ll not see your ma’s again,
C     Dm      F                 Am
Haul away and curse old Captain Jack,
    C                Dm                   Am
The hardtack and the grubs that live therein.
 
[Verse 3]
Am            C         F                Em
For four long months we sailed the seven seas,
       F            Em                     G
At the mercy of the breeze, no charts have we,
  Am     C         F                Em
I fear I won’t see Portsmouth e’er again,
  F            Em           G
A Buccaneer am I now to the end.
 
[Chorus]
C     Dm         F      Am
Haul away, haul away my boys,
C          Dm             Am
You’ll not see your ma’s again,
C     Dm      F                 Am
Haul away and curse old Captain Jack,
    C                Dm                   Am
The hardtack and the grubs that live therein.