VerseCGC
Oh the year was seventeen-seventy-eight
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.
CGCCA letter of marque came from the king
CGF
To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
Oh Euclid Barrett cried the town
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CGCC
For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who
CGF
Would make for him the Antelope's crew
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CGC
She'd a-list to the port and her sails in rags
CCGF
And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
On the king's birthday we put to sea
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CGC
We were ninty-one days to Montego Bay
CCGF
Pumping like madmen all the way
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
On the ninethy-sixth day we sailed again
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CGC
When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight
CCGF
With our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
The Yankee lay low down with gold
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CGC
She was broad and fat and loose with stays
CCGF
But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
Then at length we stood two cables away
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CGC
Our cracked four-pounders made an aweful din
CCGF
But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
The Antelope shook and pitched on her side
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CCGC
Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
CCGF
And the main truck carried off both me legs
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
VerseCGC
So here I lay in the twenty-third year
CFCG
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
CCGC
It's been six years since we sailed away
CCGF
And I just made Halifax yesterday
ChorusGC
Goddamn them all
CF
I was told
CFCF
We'd cruse the seas for American gold
GC
We'd fire no guns
GF
Shed no tears
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateers
Outro
(Slowly)
CFCF
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier (hold it)
FFGC
The last of Barrett's privateeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the C)
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.