Black flag flying Chords by David Rovics

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_ _ _ _ _ This is a song about a very militant social movement that had its golden age in the beginning of the 17th century _ _ _ _ _
_ All you see there's near and far _
You want to smitten know who you are? _
_ [F] All of you who dare be free _
_ [Am] Combined with us upon the sea _
_ [F] Together we will drink a [C] toast ride the wind on down the [Em] coast see the merchant ship to [F] board
Raise the jar and swing a sword watch to see the merchant [E] captain crying
_ When [F] you see the [G] black [Am] flag flying
_ War _ _ with Spain is over now
No _ more Jack over the bow
_ We [F] fight for no one but our class
_ _ [Am] We're gonna kick some captain's ass
_ [F] All you live before you die [C] come give an honest life a try [G] sail beneath the skull and bones
[F] Pain he'd the crowns and thrones no more greedy princess [E] lying
When you come [F] sail [G] with a black [Am] flag flying _ _
No _ _ more whips and no more chains
_ To live free or die is what remains
_ [F] If life is too short either way
_ [Am] Yeah, might as well live free today
_ _ [F] All for one and one for [C] all will board the ship and make the [G] call join us all you good [F] men and have your liberty
Again, watch the crew now leave their [E] captain frying as they come [F#] sail with a [G] black [Am] flag flying _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Here's to flying Roberts brave and true _ and Mary Kelly's gallant crew
_ _ [F] Seems to me the world is ours
_ _ [Am] Watch as the mighty Navy cowers
_ [F] We have no nation, but the sea [C] no creeper that we will [G] live free
Look and burn all that we [F] can that's run by a dishonest man.
Their end is near.
There is [E] no denying
_ When [B] they see the [G] black [Am] flag flying _ I _ _ could predict the future than I would
_ But all I know is this is good
_ _ _ [F] 1720 is the year
_ [Am] There is nothing left to fear
_ _ We may live or we may [C] die perhaps our destiny [G] is not
I don't know what the end may [F] hold
But I know these ships are filled with gold that was stolen from the poor as [E] we lay dying
So let us [F#] sail with [G] a black [Am] flag flying _ _ _
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