Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Gather weary traveller
I have a tale to tell
It might just save your life
but only if you listen well
for There before the breakers
and just around the way
There's a sign
That says beware
(play variations of dm moving up the fret Board)
THE BEAST OF PIRATE'S BAY
Verse1
Some say he's a guppi
a kid threw in the sea
he ate so many sailors
now he's bigger than a tree
his teeth as sharp as scissors
his claws they are like knives
and if you think he's ugly
wait til you see his insides!
Chorus
Oh dont you sail
and dont you row
certainly dont you swim
cause if you aren't careful
you'll end up inside of him
He'll eat you up and spit you out
You better stay away
Head the sign that says beware
the beast of pirates bay
Verse 2
Chorus
Verse 3
Chorus
Verse 4
Chorus
(Sad bit):
Well now the tavern's empty
and it's only you and me.
and if you care i'd like to share
how this song came to be
so come a little closer
If you really want to know.
Thi very sad and woefull tale
happened so long ago...
well i was just a little boy when i came to pirate's bay
and there i found a creature that was very much dismayed
with a harpoon in his dorsel fin and a hook stuck in it's side
\this mighty whale was in such pain we both began to cry
I PUSHED and I shoved!
but he wouldnt give way.
Into the deeper waters
off our shallow pirates bay
all i could do to help him
was to keep people away.
so i wrote a sign
that said beware
the beast of pirates bay!
WHAT DID IT SAY?
dont you sail and dont you row
certainly dont you swim
cause if you arent careful you'll end up inside of him
he'll eat you up he'll spit you out
you better stay away
HEED THE SIGN THAT SAYS BEWARE
HELL I SHOULD KNOW I PUT IT THERE
HEED THE SIGN THAT SAYS BEWARE
THE BEAST
OF
PI-RATE'S
BAY!
ending: (strum) (hit once) (hit once)
The timing is the trouble with this, as with all voltaire songs. I think this is
accurate. if not correct it. but dont correct it into a different key cos thats just pedantic.