ROGERS STAN - "barretts privateers.num" Tablature

From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS Time: 2/2 Tenor: D Bass: C
- Stan Rogers, 1976, on: Fogarty's Cove, Between The Breaks, Home In Halifax


1 * 5 1
Oh, the year was ....
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I was in ...
1 5 1 *
A letter of marque ...
* * 5 4
To the scummiest ...


CHORUS:
5 1 * 4
God damn them all...
1 4 1 4
We'd cruise the ...
5 1 5 4 (*)
We'd fire no guns...
1 4 1 4
But I'm a broken man ..
* * 5 1
The last of ..


1 * 5 1
Oh, Elcid ...
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I was ...
1 5 1 *
For twenty brave men, ...
* * 5 4
Would make for him the ...

1 * 5 1
The Antelope sloop was a ....
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I ...
1 5 1 *
She'd a list to the ....
* * 5 4
And the cook in the scuppers ....

1 * 5 1
On the King's birth....
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I was ...
1 5 1 *
We were ninety-one ...
* * 5 4
Pumping like ....


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BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS page 2


1 * 5 1
On the ninety-sixth ...
* 4 1 4 (*)
How I wish I was ...
1 5 1 *
When a bloody great ...
* * 5 1
With our cracked four-....


1 * 5 1
The Yankee lay low ...
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I was in ...
1 5 1 *
She was broad and fat and ...
* * 5 1
But to catch her took the ....

1 * 5 1
Then at length we stood ....
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I was in ..
1 5 1 *
Our cracked four-pounders ..
* * 5 1
But with one fat ball ...


1 * 5 1
The Antelope shook ...
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I ...
1 5 1 *
Barrett was smashed ...
* * 5 1
And the main-truck carried ...


1 * 5 1
So here I lay in my ...
* 4 1 5 (*)
How I wish I was ....
1 5 1 *
It's been six years ...
* * 5 1
And I just made ...


NOTES:
- Stan Rogers sings acapella
- Parody: Garnet's Homemade Beer (see under Ian Robb)

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)