The Hook Chords by Stephen Malkmus

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In age 19 I [D] was [A] kidnapped by Turkish pirates, fed it to raven bugs. _ _
_ After some torture they considered me their mascot.
_ Euphoric luck.
I had to [E] chase the deck and many other things.
[B] I had [F#m] to pay the [D] high [B] road with my wedding [D] ring.
I would [A] never see my [E] family _
[A] again.
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At 25 I was respected as an equal.
_ My art was the next. _ _
_ Of countless raids I was the first one up the lanyard.
Yeah, I was speaking the fight. _
There is no [E] time to pray and there's no time to beg.
And [F#m] then it's off with an arm [B] or it's off with a leg.
[D] And if I [A] spare your life, [D] it [E] becomes the [A] case.
_ Okay.
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[G#] _ [A] By 31 I was the captain of a galleon.
I was the pride in Tucson. _ _
_ The coast of Montenegro was my favorite target.
It was ever so fun. _
[D] She had [E] no wooden ribs.
No steel hooks.
[F#m] We had no black eye patches [B] or a starring.
[D] We were [A] just killers with [E] the cold eyes of [A] the sailor. _ _ _ _
Yeah, we were killers [E] with the cold eyes of the [D] sailor.
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