Intro:
EmDGBmEmEm
And so it began
DEm
The story how Elzevir would look after John as his own son
Am
And the smugglers betrayed on Moonfleet Bay
EmDEm
By Maskew looking now at Elzevir's gun
GD
Then a shot rang out in the morning light
EmB
Maskew fell a hole between his eyes
EmAm
But it was his own men who brought him down
BEmDEm
And they also got poor John, oh, they also shot poor John
CGDEm
Oooh, it's a dangerous world boys
CGDEm
Oooh, with the smuggling crew
CGDEm
Oooh, it's a dangerous life boys
EmDEm
When you're running from the Revenue
EmDEm
When you're running from the Revenue
Em
And so to escape it came now for Elzevir to pick up the boy
DEm
And carry him away
Am
For he could not walk with a bullet in the leg
EmDEm
And they made for the safety of the Purbeck cave
GD
T'was there that John would read one night
EmB
The words in the locket by candlelight
EmAmBEm
For the Bible verses held the key to Blackbeard's hidden treasure
DEm
At the bottom of a Castle well
CGDEm
Oooh, it's a dangerous world boys
CGDEm
Oooh, in a smuggler's life
CGDEm
Oooh, in the Days of our age boys
EmDEm
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
EmDEm
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
CGDEmCGDEmCGDEmEmDEm
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
EmDEm
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
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Oh, we're going to be rich boys
A
The treasure we will find
EmBm
Blackbeard's bones are dancing here tonight
BmABm
Yes, we're going to be rich boys, the treasure we will find
BmABm
At fourscore feet deep, well, North is where it lies
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.