Chords for Pirate Band Camp - Lesson #1 - The Mermaid on mandolin and anglo concertina

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[N] _ _ _ _ Hi boys and girls.
_ This is the first installment of Pirate Band Camp.
Today we're going to
teach you [C] the mermaid and our monkey that Blackheart Charlie's blocking, Murray.
He
says that it's in the key of G _ and that the chords are G, [F#] C is in cat, D is in [F] dog, and
E is in eagle, E minor.
[N] So those are the chords you'll be using that Blackheart will be [G] playing
and I'll be playing the melody.
_ So if you can't follow [D] along, let us know, but just
keep practicing.
One, two, [G] three.
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_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ It was Friday morning [C] when [G] we set sailing, [C] we were not [D] far from the [G] land, when our captain
he spied a [G] lovely mermaid with a comb [E] and a glass [G] in her hand.
And the [E] ocean wave [G] threw
low, _ and the stormy wind [D] grew blow, _ and we bold [Am] sailors go skipping [G] around the top, while
[C] the [D] landlubber fly down below, [Em] below, below, [C] while the [D] landlubber fly [G] down below. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Up spoke the captain [E]
of our [G] gallant ship, [Am] and a well-spoken man [G] was he.
He said, I have
a wife [C] in [G] Key West by the [C] sea, but tonight [D] a widow she [G] will be.
And the [D] ocean wave [G] threw
low, and the _ stormy [D] wind grew blow, and [G] we bold [C] sailors go skipping [G] around the tops,
while [C] the [D] landlubber fly down below, below, below, [C] while the [D] landlubber [G] fly down below. _ _ _
_ _ Up spoke the [C] cook of [D] our [G] gallant ship, [Am] and our red-hot cookie [D] was [G] he.
_ He said, I care
more [Am] for me [G] kernels and me pots [C] than I do for [A] the bottom of [G] the sea.
And the ocean [D] wave
[G] threw low, and the _ stormy wind grew [D] blow, _ [G] and we bold [C] sailors go skipping around the
top, while the [D] landlubber fly [G] down below, below, below, while the [D] landlubber fly [G] down
below. _ _ _ _ _
_ Up spoke the cabin [Am] boy of our gallant ship, [C] and a [D] nasty little rat [G] was he.
He says,
I'm not sure [C] that I can [G] spell mermaid, but [C] we're going to the bottom of the sea.
_ And
the [D] ocean wave threw low, and the _ stormy wind grew blow, _ [G] and we bold [Am] sailors go skipping
[G] around the tops, [C] while the [D] landlubber fly [Bm] down below, below, below, while the [D] landlubber
fly [G] down below.
So _ _ three _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
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_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ times [Am] round spun our [G] gallant ship, and [C] three times [D] round spun
she.
_ Three times [Am] round spun [G] our gallant ship, and [C] she sunk to [D] the bottom of the sea.
And
the ocean [D] wave threw [G] _ low, and the _ stormy wind grew blow, _ [G] and we bold sailors [C] go skipping
around the tops, while the [D] landlubber fly down below, [D] below, below, while the landlubber
fly [G] down below, _ while the _ landlubber fly down [G] below. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Thanks folks, practice hard.
We'll
[C#] see you all at band camp. _ _ _ _
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