Privateering Chords
Privateering by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, C, G, F and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am
Yon's my privateer see how trim she lies
To every man a lucky hand and to every man a prize
C G
I live to ride the ocean the mighty world around
Am G Am
To take a little plunder and to hear the cannon sound
F C
To lay with pretty women
G Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine
Am G Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine
Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho!
Privateering, we will go
Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
Am
The people on your man o'war are treated worse than scum
I'm no flogging Captain my God I've sailed with some
C G
Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down
Am G Am
Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown
F C
To lay with pretty women
G Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine
Am G Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine
Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho!
Privateering, we will go
Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
Am
Look here there's my privateer she's small but she can sting
Licensed to take prizes with a letter from the King
C G
I love the streets and taverns of a pretty foreign town
Am G Am
tip my hat to the dark eyed ladies as we sally up and down
F C
To lay with pretty women
G Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine
Am G Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine
Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho!
Privateering, we will go
Yeah! oh! oh! ho!
Am
Britannia needs her privateers each time she goes to war
Death to all her enemies no prizes matter more
C G
Come with me to Barbary we'll ply there up and down
Am G Am
Not quite exactly in the service of the Crown
F C
To lay with pretty women
G Dsus2
to drink Madeira wine
Am G Am
to hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine
Am
Privateering, we will go
Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho!
Privateering, we will go
Yeah! oh! oh! ho!