Tom: Dm
Dm
Gather weary traveller
Gm Dm
I have a tale to tell
Gm
It might just save your lives
A
But only if you listen well
Dm
Cause there before the breakers
Gm A
And just around the way
A
There's a sign
A
That says Beware
A Gm F E Dm (play variations of Dm moving up the fretboard)
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 1]
Dm
Some say he's a guppy
Gm
A kid threw in the sea
Dm
He ate so many sailors
A
Now he's bigger than a tree
Dm
His teeth as sharp as scissors
Gm
His claws they are like knives...
A A
And if you think he's ugly
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Wait 'til you see his insides!
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, don't you sail
And don't you row
Gm
And certainly don't you swim
Dm
Cause if you aren't careful
A
You'll end up inside of him
Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
Gm
You better stay away
A A
Head the sign that says Beware
A Gm F E Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 2]
Dm
Some say he's a serpent
Gm
That came straight from hell
Dm
To eat the souls of pirates
A
And other ne'er-do-wells
Dm
Some they don't believe it
Gm
As for me I've got a hunch...
A
'Cause they used to have some pirates here
A A7 Dm
But he ate them all for lunch!
[Chorus]
Dm
Don't you sail
And don't you row
Gm
And certainly don't you swim
Dm
Cause if you aren't careful
A
You'll end up inside of him
Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
Gm
You better stay away
A A
Head the sign that says Beware
A Gm F E Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 3]
Dm
Well, Captain Hook, you've heard of him
Gm
He came to Pirate's Bay
Dm
Seems his little nemesis
A
Had nearly got away
Dm
He reached into the water
Gm
To grab at Peter Pan...
There was a crunch and a scream!
A A
And now that scurvy captain's
A A7 Dm
Got hooks on both his hands!
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, don't you sail
And don't you row
Gm
And certainly don't you swim
Dm
Cause if you aren't careful
A
You'll end up inside of him
Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
Gm
You better stay away
A A
Head the sign that says Beware
A Gm F E Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Verse 4]
Dm
Well, Blackbeard the Pirate
Gm
You know for what he's feared
Dm
It's mostly for the dark, imposing
A
color of his beard
Dm
He saw the beast and now
Gm
Nobody's scared of him because...
A A
His beard turned white and all agree
A A7 Dm
He looks like Santa Claus
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, don't you sail
And don't you row
Gm
And certainly don't you swim
Dm
Cause if you aren't careful
A
You'll end up inside of him
Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
Gm
You better stay away
A A
Head the sign that says Beware
A Gm F E Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay
[Sad bit]
Dm
Well, now the tavern's empty
Gm Dm
And there's only you and me
Dm
And if you care I'd like to share
Gm A
How this song came to be
Dm
So come a little closer
Gm A
If you really want to know
A A
This very sad and woeful tale
A Gm F E Dm
happened so long a-go...
Dm Gm Dm
Well, I was just a little boy when I went to Pirate's Bay
Gm A
And there I saw a creature that was very much dismayed
Dm Gm A
With a harpoon in his dorsal fin and a hook stuck in his side
A A A Gm F E Dm
This mighty whale was in such pain we both began to cry...
Dm Dm
I PUSHED and I shoved!
Gm A
But he wouldn't give way
Dm
Into the deeper waters
Gm A
Of our shallow Pirate's Bay
Dm
All I could do to help him
Gm A
Was to keep people away...
A
So I wrote a sign...
A
That said Beware...
A Gm F E Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay!
WHAT DID IT SAY?
Dm
Don't you sail and don't you row
Gm
And certainly don't you swim
Dm Gm A
Cause if you aren't careful you'll end up inside of him
Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
Gm
You better stay away
A A
HEED THE BG N THAT SAYS BEWAD
Bb
HELL I SHOULD KNOW, I PUT IT THED
A A
HEED THE BG N THAT SAYS BEWAD
A
THE BEAST
Gm
OF
F E
PI-RATE'S
Dm
BAY!
