Professional Pirate

Intro
Em D   Em
Em D/F# G
G       D
C  D Em D/F# G

Verse

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When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
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My father said "Now son, this choice deserves deliberation
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Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
C                G               D           G      B
My boy why not consider a more challenging career"

Chorus

Em D Em
Hey ho ho
         Em       D/F#      G
You'll cruise to foreign shores
G                             D
And you'll keep your mind and body sound
   C        D    G
By working out of doors
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True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without
Em  Am   Bm       C
And when you're a professional pirate
        D               G     B
That's what the job's about

Em

Verse
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Now take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him
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But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him
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It's how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
C               G             D      G         B
And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood

Chrous
Em  D Em
Hey ho ho
Em     D/F#    G
We're honorable men
G                      D               C       D         G
And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten
Am                               Em
On occasion there may be someone you have to execute
Em  Am   Bm       C
But when you're a professional pirate
D                        G              B
You don't have to wear a suit..... what?

Em

Bridge
Em
I could have been a surgeon
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I like taking things apart
Em
Bad Polly: I could have been a lawyer
Am
But I just had too much heart
G                    Am
I could have been in politics
Bm                           C
Cause I've always been a big spender
G
And me...
D                     Am       Em  B
I could have been a contender

Em

Verse
G                                         D
Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
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I say we're victims of bad press it's all exaggerated
B                         Em           D            G
We'd never stab you in the back, we'd never lie or cheat
C                     G                D              G       B
We're just about the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet


(Long John's speech)
Em D Em
Em D/F# G
G  D  C  G
Am      Em
Em  Am  Bm  C
D  G   B


Em D Em
Hey ho ho
     Em   D/F#    G
It's one for all for one
           G               D                  C              G
And we'll share and share alike with you and love you like a son
A     Am                                   Em
We're gentlemen of fortune and that's what we're proud to be
Em   Am     Bm    C
And when your a professional pirate


Coda
D
You'll be honest brave and free
D
The soul of decency
G
You'll be loyal and fair and on the square
C
And most importantly
Em   Am     Bm    C
When you're a professional pirate
D       C                G
You're always in the best of company
D  G