“Sea Songs For Little Pirates” Chords

 

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Roll The Old Chariot Along

(Traditional)

Key Bb

Slow March 4/4

 

        Gm
We’ll roll the old chariot along

         F
We’ll roll the old chariot along

        Gm
We’ll roll the old chariot along

               Gm F      Eb D  Gm
And we’ll all hang on behind

 

It would be alright if the wind was in our sails

It would be alright if the wind was in our sails

It would be alright if the wind was in our sails

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

So, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

It would be alright if we made it round the cape

It would be alright if we made it round the cape

It would be alright if we made it round the cape

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

And, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

Oh a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm

No, a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm

No, a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm

 

So, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

Yes, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

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Its Hard To Be A Pirate

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Quick March

Key B

4/4

 

Intro: B G A

 

Verse 1:

B

It’s hard to be a pirate

Always on the run

It’s hard to be a workin’

All day in the sun

 G

But one thing makes it worth it

A                    B

I get to live upon the sea

 

Chorus:

G                      F#

Storms may come

G                               F#

We may run out of rum

G                            F#

The Captain may say,

G                     F#

“Ye walk the plank!”

 

Verse 2:

To be a buccaneer

You gotta be real tough

When the seas get too big

And the waves get too rough

 

Tighten up the lines

And prove you’re worth your salt

 

CHORUS

 

Bridge:

Bm                        

You may get scurvy,

Em

from a lack of vitamin C.

Bm                                                           

Your luck may run out while you’re moored,

Em

Cause you brought bananas on board.

F#

No more treasure or booty.

G

Now the ship is now lost at sea

F#                                      G        A

The crew begins a mutiny…It’s harrrrrrrrrd to be a

B

pirate!

 

Verse 3:

Now I’m the captain

Of this here ship,

And I make all the rules like,

Wear your life jacket

 

Hoist the sails! We’re heading back out to sea!

I said hoist the sails! We’re heading back out to sea!

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The Tidal Swing

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Jig

Key: G

6/8  

 

Verse 1:

         G

The creek fills in,

C

The light grows dim,

G                             D

And the water’s covering everything.

G                        C

That can only mean one thing.

G        D           G

It’s a hoigh toide again.

 

Chorus:

                C                             G

There’s a hoigh toide on the sound soide tonight

D                              G

And the moon is burning broight

                C                             G

There’s a hoigh toide on the sound soide tonight

G   D              G     G/F#/Em          

There’s no land in soight!

            Em  D          G

There’s no land in soight!

  

Verse 2:

In the morn’ I was lead

To an oyster bed

Exposed and surrounded by mud.

The water was gone, but not for long.

It’s just another low toide again.

 

Chorus 2:

There’s a low low toide on the sound soide today.

We can see where the fiddler crabs play.

There’s a low toide on the sound soide today.

All the water has gone away.

All the water has gone away.

 

Bridge:

C                    G

Hoigh toide low toide

D                              G
Back and forth we swing

C                   G

Hoigh toide low toide

D                      G

Back and forth we sing

 

C

Twice each day

G

semi diurnal they say

D                     G

That’s the tidal swing

C                     G

Hoigh toide low toide

D                             G        G/F#/Em

back and forth we swing

Em                  G

Hoigh toide low toide

D                             G

Back and forth we sing

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Fiddler Crabs Retreat

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Retreat March

Key: C

4/4

 

Intro: Am C G Em

 

Chorus:

             Am                         C

We are fiddler crabs on retreat

            Am                 C                Em

We are running from anything that will eat us

Am                   C

Fiddler crabs on retreat

Am                     C                    G

We will hide amongst the marsh grass reeds

 

Verse 1:

        Em                                    Am

We hear the beat of the red drum

        Em                                 C            G

We know that he will come with the incoming tide

Em                     Am

We will flee to our holes

Em                                   C          G

Three feet deep breathe a sigh of relief

 

CHORUS

 

Verse 2:

We see the shadows of defeat

They appear in the air from the herons above

They stalk us as we run from the sound

Right into their traps one by one we go down

 

CHORUS

 

Bridge:

          Cm                         E

And when the battle is o’er

              Cm                              E

We will wave our one big claw to say “Come on over!”

      Cm                                     E

To any lady crabs who have survived

              Cm                              G F E

We will carry on running our liiiiiiiives

 

 

        Am                                              E

And in the end we may end up in a lab

               C                     Dm

Where some scientists may try to stab us

E                          F

In our claws or our eye stalks

         G                          Am

And experiment on us all

 

CHORUS

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The Crab Pot Blues

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Blues

Key: E

4/4

 

Chorus 1:

                      E
I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

                    A                                         E
I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

      B dom7th
I walked into this cage earlier today

          A
and I can’t find any way to escape

                    E                          B dom7th
I’ve got the crab pot blues

 

Verse 1:

E
Here’s a little story about my frustration

It’s hard to live life as a spiny crustacean

       A
But I’m a beautiful savory swimmer

          E
But it seems like everyone wants me for dinner

B dom7th
not as a guest who shows up late

         A
they all want me on the dinner plate

 

Chorus 2:

I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

Now my fellow Stone crab got stuck in this trap

but he’s not gonna have it quite as bad

I’ve got the crab pot blues

 

 

Verse 2:

The old Stone crab’s got pretty big claws

And the old fisherman is going to take them both off

But he will live to see another day

Cause he’ll grow ‘em both back eventually

My luck’s run out, like it or not,

They’re going to throw me into a big steam pot

 

Chorus 3:

I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

Now I’m showing off my big claws, pretty and blue

so I’m not alone when I have to go through with the

crab pot blues

 

Verse 3:

My girl’s got some pretty orange claws

but not as nice as that spongy orange ball

of baby blue crab eggs hiding under her tail

protected from predators and being for sale

she’ll get released into safe deep water

while I’m getting dipped into melted butter

 

Chorus 4:

I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

I’ve got the crab pot blues, I’ve got the crab pot blues

I’ve been in his cage for three long days, now there’s 12345678

Crab pot blues

We got the crab pot blues

We all got the crab pot blues

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Stingray Shuffle

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Swing

Key: Cm

4/4

 

Intro: Cm F Bb (Or Capo 1: Bm E Am)

 

Cm
Shuffle all day, shuffle away

F                             Bb
All the flat, friendly, happy stingrays

Doing what they can to hide in the sand

Don’t want to get stepped on by a man

 

When you get to the beach, and want to jump in the sea

Make sure you walk in carefully

Shuffle your feet to make some sound

Cause you never know if there’s a stingray around

If they feel you shuffling they’ll move along

So don’t forget about the shuffling song

 

Shuffle all day, shuffle away

All the flat, friendly, happy stingrays

Doing what they can to hide in the sand

Don’t want to get stepped on by a man

 

Minding their own business don’t have attitudes

Just watching and waiting for a Little bit of food

Then down to the water along comes a dude

Stomping through the waves and acting real rude

He steps on a wing and gets a good sting

Now he’s off to the emergency room

 

Shuffle all day, shuffle away

All the flat friendly happy stingrays

Doing what they can to hide in the sand

Don’t want to get stepped on by a man

 

Stingrays aren’t mean, they want to live in peace

But they can’t see you coming if you ain’t shuffling

So take it real slow keep the sand between your toes

As you walk in to the water and you just don’t know

You might come upon a stingray named Don

And he’ll thank you for the shuffling song

 

Shuffle all day, shuffle away

All the flat friendly happy stingrays

Doing what they can to hide in the sand

Don’t want to get stepped on by a man

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The Deep Blue
(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Key: C

4/4

 

Verse 1:

          Am
Deep down in the sea where the eyes can’t see,
                  Dm                                   Am
Where the light only comes from the little plankton,

               G                       Am
And the lantern fish come to the surface,

                  G                                Am
Where the stars reflect and you make a wish!

 

           Am
Deep down in the dark in the great abyss

              Dm                  Am
Lurks a giant squid, an invertebrate
                  G                                     Am
And in the old sea tales meets the great sperm whale

          G                             Am
Who holds its breath and fights to the death!

 

Chorus 1:

           Am
In the deep blue sea,

              C
There is life miles down.
                 G
Creatures big and small,

              D
On the benthic wall.

           Am
In the deep blue sea

            C
Life is happening.

            G
As the sea mounts boil,

                       E
Davey Jones cracks a smile.

 

Am      C      G          D    Am      C  G          E
Heave, Ho, Heave, Ho,   Heave, Ho, Heave Ho!

 

Verse 2:
Out in the pelagic open sea

The swell rocks us gently to sleep,

And in the morn’ we rise and shine.

Sea turtles wave hi as we pass them by.

 

Out in the pelagic open water

There are birds that glide and some that hover,

never touch the ground and make me wonder

If they ever land upon sand

 

Chorus 2:

On the open sea

There are treasures you seek,

An abundance of wealth, past the

Continental shelf.

On The open sea

is where I’ll be.

If I leave no trace,

It’s cause I’m finally free…

 

Bridge:

F                                 Am
Out in the wild open sea

G                                        Am
There will always be new mysteries,
            F                              Am
|Like fossilized megalodon teeth,

the ghost of Edward Teach,

But you’ll have to leave the port

    F             E               Am
In order to see for yourself!

 

Am      C      G          D    Am     C      G          E
Heave, Ho, Heave, Ho, Heave, Ho, Heave Ho!

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The Ballad of Mary Lee

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

Waltz

Key:

6/8

 

Intro: Dm C G A# A

         Dm                     C
Mary Lee, how many teeth

                  A#                                  A
have gone missing since your last feed?

   Dm                               C
How many more fell to the ocean floor?

             A#                                                  A
How many centuries till we find them on the shore?

 

          C              A#              A      A# A
Mary Lee, Mary Lee, Mary Lee

 

It’s me, Mary Lee. I don’t need to breach,

unless I get hungry and see on the surface something to eat.

My sense of smell is the best in the ocean.

My ampulla of Lorenzini can detect any motion.

 

Mary Lee, Mary Lee, Mary Lee

 

Mary Lee, when will you surface

so we can see where you’ve been?

We all want to know where you will go,

and if you will show us your great white mysteries.

 

Mary Lee, Mary Lee, Mary Lee

 

Its me, Mary Lee, but I am not lonely.

I carry these tags sending signals to let you know where I am.

If you happen to see me, please know I’m not mean.

I’m just trying to keep the ocean clean.

 

Mary Lee, Mary Lee, Mary Lee

 

          A#                                   A#m
Mary Lee you are so misunderstood,

               F                      Dm
so I will speak of all the good.

            A#                                C
Let us know next time you’re near,

                 Dm         G
swimming past our Fear.

                      A#                               A#m
Because we cannot survive without you in our lives,

                F                        G
and your underwater appetite.

           A#          A#m          F
Mary Lee, Mary Lee, Mary Lee

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No Use For Single Use

(Written by Jason Andre, SESAC)

4/4

Key: G

Punk Rock

 

Intro: Gm F C

 

Verse 1:

Gm
My name is Waylon and I am a whale

     F                                   C
A mysticete filter feeder chasing small krill

      Gm
But my baleen doesn’t discriminate

   F                                           C
I have to swallow whatever I ate

 

Chorus:

D#                                            Gm
Plastics are bad, Bottles are worse

D#                                     Gm             F
Straws and balloons and bags are a curse

  D#                                    Gm
Trash that has only been used one time

D#                                   D
Beware of lost nets and loose fishing line

 

Verse 2:

They call me Marie, I’m a turtle of the sea

My favorite food is jellyfish, a delicacy

But underwater plastic bags look similar

Which is why every time they make my tummy hurt

 

CHORUS

 

Verse 3:

I’m a punk rock pufferfish, an underwater activist

Protest oil rigs, hate single use packaging

We don’t like to swim in your loo

So keep our ocean free from your poo

 

Bridge:

D#                                                 F             G
Have you ever been tangled in a net or a rope?

D#                                                      F                      G
Or swallowed something that your mother said, “Don’t!”

 D#
And you begin to choke…

      F
Now imagine no hands,

      G
Just flippers and fins

       G#
Don’t start panicking

          A#
This is not the end

C
No! Because we’re going to save ocean from plastic pollution!

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Roll The Old Chariot Along

4/4

Key: E

Bluegrass

 

         Bm
We’ll roll the old chariot along

         A
We’ll roll the old chariot along

         Bm
We’ll roll the old chariot along

               Bm A    G   F#  Bm
And we’ll all hang on behind

 

It would be alright if the wind was in our sails

It would be alright if the wind was in our sails

It would be alright if the wind was in our sails

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

So, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

It would be alright if we made it round the cape

It would be alright if we made it round the cape

It would be alright if we made it round the cape

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

And, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

Oh a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm

No, a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm

No, a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm

 

So, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

 

Yes, we’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

We’ll roll the old chariot along

And we’ll all hang on behind

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