[ Предположительная тональность: G ] From: Barrie McCombsBARRETT'S PRIVATEERS Time: 2/2 Tenor: D Bass: C - Stan Rogers, 1976, on: Fogarty's Cove, Between The Breaks, Home In Halifax 1 * 5 1 Oh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * A letter of marque came from the king * * 5 4 To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen CHORUS: 5 1 * 4 God damn them all, I was told, 1 4 1 4 We'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold 5 1 5 4 (*) We'd fire no guns, shed no tears 1 4 1 4 But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier * * 5 1 The last of Barrett's Priva-teers 1 * 5 1 Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who * * 5 4 Would make for him the Antelope's crew 1 * 5 1 The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * She'd a list to the port and her sails in rags * * 5 4 And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags 1 * 5 1 On the King's birth-day we put to sea * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * We were ninety-one days to Mon-tego Bay * * 5 4 Pumping like madmen all the way GO TO PAGE TWO BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS page 2 1 * 5 1 On the ninety-sixth day we sailed a-gain * 4 1 4 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight * * 5 1 With our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight 1 * 5 1 The Yankee lay low down with gold * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * She was broad and fat and loose in stays * * 5 1 But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days 1 * 5 1 Then at length we stood two cables a-way * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * Our cracked four-pounders made an awful din * * 5 1 But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in 1 * 5 1 The Antelope shook and pitched on her side * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs * * 5 1 And the main-truck carried off both me legs 1 * 5 1 So here I lay in my twenty-third year * 4 1 5 (*) How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now 1 5 1 * It's been six years since we sailed a-way * * 5 1 And I just made Halifax yester-day NOTES: - Stan Rogers sings acapella - Parody: Garnet's Homemade Beer (see under Ian Robb) SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure CHORDS (Number System): - Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Key of C: C D E F G A B - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt - Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)