Intro: Gm Bb Eb D Verse Gm Bb Let me begin with a hearty ho ho Eb Bb And a tale that nobody tells well Gm Bb I've not come all the way from En-C-I-N-O Eb D To be treated like sewage that smells Eb Bb I'm certainly not that surprised D F Eb For this story is older than time F F Me peglegged pirating brethren and I F F F Are society's slug-ridden slime Verse Gm Bb We've all been cast out as scallywag rogues Eb Bb With fire in our beards and our eyes Gm Bb There's a side to us pirates that nobody knows Eb D And it's soft as a baby's backside Eb Bb Some of us just want adventures D F Eb The open-sea wind in our earrings F F Why are we constantly misunderstood F F F Don't you know pirates have feelingsVerse Gm Bb Think of how harrrd we have had it (so hard) Eb Bb Out on ships there is not much to eat (not much to eat) Gm Bb And dentists hate pirate insurance (yo ho no) Eb D Which is why we've so many gold teeth (We've too many gold teeth) Eb Bb Me laundry stays damp and me boots start to stink D F Eb And me fingernails filthy and dirty F F Me internet loads unbelievably slow F F F And me bedtime's around 7:30Eb Bb Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR F Gm Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR Eb Bb F Poor pirates can't deny this simple truth Eb Bb D Poor pirates, P - O - O - ARR Gm Gm People too (too, too, too) Gm D Gm Nice harmonies, mateys!Bridge Eb Bb We've got pirate parades to which nobody comes F Gm Captain Kidd hosts a marathon but nobody runs Eb Bb Long John Silver invented the bloomin' onion D But you think he gets credit for that? (NO!) Eb Bb Captain... um... no one knows his first name F Gm And old Greenbeard's been driven completely insane Eb Bb Hardly anyone celebrates our one holiday D Arr... Talk Like a Pirate Day!Eb Bb Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR F Gm Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR Eb Bb F Poor pirates can't deny this simple truth Eb Bb We're poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR F Gm Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR Eb Bb D Poor pirates have it so much worse than youEb Bb We're poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR F Gm Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR Eb Bb F Poor pirates can't deny this simple truth (Can't deny that we're poor, poor ) Eb Bb Pirates, P-O-O-ARR F Gm Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR Eb Bb F Poor pirates can't deny this simple truth Eb Bb D That pirates, P - O - O - ARR Gm D Gm People too Yo ho!