Secrets of Blackbeard Chords by The Jolly Rogers

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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] So [Dm] you want to [A] know the secrets [Dm] of _ Blackbeard, [A] _ _ _
[Dm] and why he [Gm] is the one that [Em] was so feared?
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[Dm] I alone know [G] the tale, _ _
[Dm] and if you buy me [Gm] an ale, _
[Dm] then any doubt [A] you had will soon [Dm] be cleared.
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[Dm] Young Teach [A] was a sailor [Dm] like many, _ [A] _ _ but [Dm] he had [Gm] more ambition _ [Em] than twenty.
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[Dm] One night he made [G] a deal, [Dm] and with that his faith [Gm] was sealed, _ _
[Dm] and from then on [A] he was feared [Dm] more than any.
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[G] We dropped [Gm] anchor where two [Dm] currents crossed, _ _ _ _ [G] a place where many [Gm] a ship had [Dm] been lost. _ _ _ _ _
[G] As we lowered [Gm] the long boat, _
[Dm] my heart was in my throat, as I worried what [A] this cursed trip [D] might cost.
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[Dm] Teach got out [A] and said, you should [Dm] wait here, _ [A] _ _ and [Dm] I watched him _ [Gm] until he [Em] disappeared.
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[Dm] He walked away from [G] the light, _ _
[Dm] swallowed up by [Gm] the night, and [Dm] a great wall [A] of fire [Dm] then appeared.
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[Dm] The flames climbed [A] high, and slowly they [Dm] burned down, _ [A] _ _ and [Dm] the waves [Gm] were now the [Em] only sound.
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[Dm] Then Teach _ [G] _ reappeared [D] with a long black smoking [Gm] beard, _ [Dm] and said we're off [A] for now, we're [Dm] glory bound.
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[G] From that [E] moment his legend [Dm] just grew, _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ feared by [Gm] so many, _
[Dm] and known by so few. _
[D] We sank ships new [Gm] and old, _ [Dm] and we bathed in [Bb] the gold, and [Dm] the world [A] feared Blackbeard and [D] his crew.
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[D] _ There were [A] pirates more cruel and [Dm] more mean, _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] who stole so [Gm] much gold, t'was [Em] _ obscene.
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[Dm] Did you ever wonder [G] why _ _
[Dm] their fame went when [Gm] they died, _ [Dm] while Blackbeard's fame [A] grew bigger than [Dm] it had been?
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[G] The contract [Gm] he signed that night [D] was wrong, _ _ _ _ _
[G] sold his soul [Gm] so his name would [Dm] live on.
He _ _ [G] got his fortune and [Gm] his fame, _ [Dm] and we all know [Bb] his name, _ [D] even though _ [A] Blackbeard is now [Dm] long gone.
_ _ _ Even though _ [A] Blackbeard is now [Dm] long gone.
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] Even [D] though _ [A] Blackbeard is now [D] long gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
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