Dm   Am  F G   Dm

[Verse]
                  C              Am          Dm
In the company of thieves, I set out for the plunder
                           F         Am
In search of adventure and tender in years
  Dm                     F      G
I threw in my lot and was cast asunder
      Dm              C           Am   Dm
And I joined with the last of the privateers

[Verse]
        C        Am         Dm
Mexican gold and rum from Jamaica
                          F            Am
To the isle of Bermuda to wait out the year
     Dm                           F         G
Then south round the Horn and the Devil can take her
       Dm       C         Am   Dm
It was all in a day for a privateer

[Instrumental]
Dm   Am  F G   Dm

[Verse]
            C        Am        Dm
I took no advance in pay or promotion
                      F          Am
Squandered my share until it was gone
  Dm                      F        G
I answered to no man, whatever his station
      Dm            C        Am         Dm
And I lived out the dream to follow the sun

[Verse]
                       C            Am             Dm
For those dark-skinned beauties, my heart is still yearning
                                     F        Am
With a smile for a rogue, they would sing us ashore
     Dm                         F             G
With wine and strong liquor and young blood a-burning
        Dm           C      Am            Dm
I would give up a ransom to see them once more

[Instrumental]
Dm   Am  F G   Dm

[Verse]
            C       Am        Dm
I'll ship onboard a Nantucket Trader
                            F        Am
And follow the course, whichever she steers
Dm                      F            G
South to the Indies, by chance to Bermuda
         Dm      C           Am   Dm
And I'll bid farewell to the privateers

[Verse]
                C        Am            Dm
So be cheery my friends, don't be down-hearted
                              F           Am
Drink a health to the man who throws away cares
          Dm                   F           G
Lift your glass and be merry before we are parted
     Dm          C           Am   Dm
Bid adieu to the last of the privateers

[Instrumental]
Dm  C  Am  Dm
Dm    F  Am
Dm    F  G
Dm  C  Am  Dm

[Verse]
            C       Am          Dm
Strike up a fiddle, if you've a notion
                     F         Am
And lay me down easy under the stars
        Dm                  F            G
Give me up to the deep of a dark rolling ocean
        Dm          C           Am   Dm
Say farewell to the last of the privateers