Jolly Rogers - Numbers Chords
Tempo:
81.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [G]
[D] [Em]
Sixty set out from [G] Cambridge, all good men and true,
[D] On a gunship bound for glory with [Em] a young and wild crew.
[C] We'd charge in, make our stand, [G] and we'd see victory,
[C] But when we won our first [B] battle there were only fifty-three.
[Em] More died from infection [G] despite the surgeon's tricks,
[D] That brought our bold and fearless [Em] crew down to forty-six.
[C] We then sailed away [G] thinking we had seen the worst,
[C] But we stared her back around [B] when we heard a cannon burst.
[C] Second fight that day [G] and our luck was fading fast,
[A] Though we [G] stayed afloat we'd [F] lost most of our main mass.
[C] We were now adrift and [Am] very glad to be alive,
[G] Though I must admit our crew was [B] now down to thirty-five.
[Em] Most of the food was ruined [G] from the salt sea down below,
[D] But we didn't fear till the [Em] water started running low.
[C] With our bold and hearty crew [G] just a fortnight out to sea,
[C] The cruel sea had taken [B] twelve and we were twenty-three.
[Em] Four more days had passed [G] when we caught sight of a gale,
[D] We were sucking rain from the [Em] rags that used to be our sail.
[C] Another week adrift [G] was the worst I'd ever seen,
[C] Our beleaguered crew was now [B] down to just seventeen.
[C] The first mate started screaming [G] and set the deck alight,
[Am] We tried [G] to restrain him [F] but he had a madman's spite,
[C] When we stopped him he'd just [Am] hum, it'll all be fine,
[Em] But by then our battered crew [B] was no more than nine.
[Em] From nine we went to seven, [G] from seven down to three,
[D] The cabin boy, the carpenter [Em] and the postman, that was me.
[C] We all sat there on the [G] deck though none of us could speak,
[C] We should be keeping [B] watch but we were all too weak.
[Em] The cabin boy was curled up in a corner [G] all alone,
[D] The carpenter was muttering [Em] and gnawing on a bone,
[C] I just kept on laughing [G] cause I knew I'd lost my grip,
[C] As we were taken one by [B] one to the rescue ship.
[C] Never go to sea me [G] boys, never leave the land,
[A] For once you're out [G] to sea it [F] doesn't matter what you [C] plan,
Your life lies in the mercy of [A] the sea heartless and cruel,
[G] So you'll stay ashore unless [B] you truly are [Abm] a [E] fool.
Though three survived that awful trip [G] I'm the last one of my crew,
[D] The others locked in their own [Em] mines their voyage never through,
[C] So listen to me lads before [G] you take your hellish trip,
[C] Man [D] belongs upon the [Em] ground not on some [E] goddamned ship.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
Sixty set out from [G] Cambridge, all good men and true,
[D] On a gunship bound for glory with [Em] a young and wild crew.
[C] We'd charge in, make our stand, [G] and we'd see victory,
[C] But when we won our first [B] battle there were only fifty-three.
[Em] More died from infection [G] despite the surgeon's tricks,
[D] That brought our bold and fearless [Em] crew down to forty-six.
[C] We then sailed away [G] thinking we had seen the worst,
[C] But we stared her back around [B] when we heard a cannon burst.
[C] Second fight that day [G] and our luck was fading fast,
[A] Though we [G] stayed afloat we'd [F] lost most of our main mass.
[C] We were now adrift and [Am] very glad to be alive,
[G] Though I must admit our crew was [B] now down to thirty-five.
[Em] Most of the food was ruined [G] from the salt sea down below,
[D] But we didn't fear till the [Em] water started running low.
[C] With our bold and hearty crew [G] just a fortnight out to sea,
[C] The cruel sea had taken [B] twelve and we were twenty-three.
[Em] Four more days had passed [G] when we caught sight of a gale,
[D] We were sucking rain from the [Em] rags that used to be our sail.
[C] Another week adrift [G] was the worst I'd ever seen,
[C] Our beleaguered crew was now [B] down to just seventeen.
[C] The first mate started screaming [G] and set the deck alight,
[Am] We tried [G] to restrain him [F] but he had a madman's spite,
[C] When we stopped him he'd just [Am] hum, it'll all be fine,
[Em] But by then our battered crew [B] was no more than nine.
[Em] From nine we went to seven, [G] from seven down to three,
[D] The cabin boy, the carpenter [Em] and the postman, that was me.
[C] We all sat there on the [G] deck though none of us could speak,
[C] We should be keeping [B] watch but we were all too weak.
[Em] The cabin boy was curled up in a corner [G] all alone,
[D] The carpenter was muttering [Em] and gnawing on a bone,
[C] I just kept on laughing [G] cause I knew I'd lost my grip,
[C] As we were taken one by [B] one to the rescue ship.
[C] Never go to sea me [G] boys, never leave the land,
[A] For once you're out [G] to sea it [F] doesn't matter what you [C] plan,
Your life lies in the mercy of [A] the sea heartless and cruel,
[G] So you'll stay ashore unless [B] you truly are [Abm] a [E] fool.
Though three survived that awful trip [G] I'm the last one of my crew,
[D] The others locked in their own [Em] mines their voyage never through,
[C] So listen to me lads before [G] you take your hellish trip,
[C] Man [D] belongs upon the [Em] ground not on some [E] goddamned ship.
[Em]
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ Sixty set out from [G] Cambridge, all good men and true,
[D] On a gunship bound for glory with [Em] a young and wild crew.
[C] We'd charge in, make our stand, [G] and we'd see victory,
[C] But when we won our first [B] battle there were only fifty-three.
[Em] More died from infection [G] despite the surgeon's tricks,
[D] That brought our bold and fearless [Em] crew down to forty-six.
[C] We then sailed away [G] thinking we had seen the worst,
[C] But we stared her back around [B] when we heard a cannon burst.
[C] Second fight that day [G] and our luck was fading fast,
[A] Though we [G] stayed afloat we'd [F] lost most of our main mass.
[C] We were now adrift and [Am] very glad to be alive,
[G] Though I must admit our crew was [B] now down to thirty-five.
[Em] Most of the food was ruined [G] from the salt sea down below,
[D] But we didn't fear till the [Em] water started running low.
[C] With our bold and hearty crew [G] just a fortnight out to sea,
[C] The cruel sea had taken [B] twelve and we were twenty-three.
[Em] Four more days had passed [G] when we caught sight of a gale,
[D] We were sucking rain from the [Em] rags that used to be our sail.
[C] Another week adrift [G] was the worst I'd ever seen,
[C] Our beleaguered crew was now [B] down to just seventeen.
[C] The first mate started screaming [G] and set the deck alight,
[Am] We tried [G] to restrain him [F] but he had a madman's spite,
[C] When we stopped him he'd just [Am] hum, it'll all be fine,
[Em] But by then our battered crew [B] was no more than nine.
[Em] From nine we went to seven, [G] from seven down to three,
[D] The cabin boy, the carpenter [Em] and the postman, that was me.
[C] We all sat there on the [G] deck though none of us could speak,
[C] We should be keeping [B] watch but we were all too weak.
[Em] The cabin boy was curled up in a corner [G] all alone,
[D] The carpenter was muttering [Em] and gnawing on a bone,
[C] I just kept on laughing [G] cause I knew I'd lost my grip,
[C] As we were taken one by [B] one to the rescue ship.
[C] Never go to sea me [G] boys, never leave the land,
[A] For once you're out [G] to sea it [F] doesn't matter what you [C] plan,
Your life lies in the mercy of [A] the sea heartless and cruel,
[G] So you'll stay ashore unless [B] you truly are [Abm] a [E] fool.
Though three survived that awful trip [G] I'm the last one of my crew,
[D] The others locked in their own [Em] mines their voyage never through,
[C] So listen to me lads before [G] you take your hellish trip,
[C] Man [D] belongs upon the [Em] ground not on some [E] goddamned ship.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ Sixty set out from [G] Cambridge, all good men and true,
[D] On a gunship bound for glory with [Em] a young and wild crew.
[C] We'd charge in, make our stand, [G] and we'd see victory,
[C] But when we won our first [B] battle there were only fifty-three.
[Em] More died from infection [G] despite the surgeon's tricks,
[D] That brought our bold and fearless [Em] crew down to forty-six.
[C] We then sailed away [G] thinking we had seen the worst,
[C] But we stared her back around [B] when we heard a cannon burst.
[C] Second fight that day [G] and our luck was fading fast,
[A] Though we [G] stayed afloat we'd [F] lost most of our main mass.
[C] We were now adrift and [Am] very glad to be alive,
[G] Though I must admit our crew was [B] now down to thirty-five.
[Em] Most of the food was ruined [G] from the salt sea down below,
[D] But we didn't fear till the [Em] water started running low.
[C] With our bold and hearty crew [G] just a fortnight out to sea,
[C] The cruel sea had taken [B] twelve and we were twenty-three.
[Em] Four more days had passed [G] when we caught sight of a gale,
[D] We were sucking rain from the [Em] rags that used to be our sail.
[C] Another week adrift [G] was the worst I'd ever seen,
[C] Our beleaguered crew was now [B] down to just seventeen.
[C] The first mate started screaming [G] and set the deck alight,
[Am] We tried [G] to restrain him [F] but he had a madman's spite,
[C] When we stopped him he'd just [Am] hum, it'll all be fine,
[Em] But by then our battered crew [B] was no more than nine.
[Em] From nine we went to seven, [G] from seven down to three,
[D] The cabin boy, the carpenter [Em] and the postman, that was me.
[C] We all sat there on the [G] deck though none of us could speak,
[C] We should be keeping [B] watch but we were all too weak.
[Em] The cabin boy was curled up in a corner [G] all alone,
[D] The carpenter was muttering [Em] and gnawing on a bone,
[C] I just kept on laughing [G] cause I knew I'd lost my grip,
[C] As we were taken one by [B] one to the rescue ship.
[C] Never go to sea me [G] boys, never leave the land,
[A] For once you're out [G] to sea it [F] doesn't matter what you [C] plan,
Your life lies in the mercy of [A] the sea heartless and cruel,
[G] So you'll stay ashore unless [B] you truly are [Abm] a [E] fool.
Though three survived that awful trip [G] I'm the last one of my crew,
[D] The others locked in their own [Em] mines their voyage never through,
[C] So listen to me lads before [G] you take your hellish trip,
[C] Man [D] belongs upon the [Em] ground not on some [E] goddamned ship.
_ _ _ [Em] _
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