The Last Saskatchewan Pirate Chords by Derina Harvey Band

[Start]

[Verse]
                           F          G C          
Well I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
F       C                      G                
I had a little stretch of land along the CP line
C                                         F   G            C    
But times were hard and though I've tried the money wasn't there
        F                C       G                        C   
And the bankers came and took me land and told me Fair is fair


[Chorus]
Am                              
I searched for every kind of job
D                 Am
The answer always No
             Am                 
Hire you now they'd always laugh
        G            
We just let twenty go
Am                  D                              
The government they promised me a measly little sum
    Am                                 G               
But I've got too much pride to wind up just another bum
    F                                                        D
And then I thought Who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone ■
          D          
I'm gonna be a pirate
       G                 
On the river Sasketchewan
     G      
It's a heave
C                        
Ho Comin' down the plains
        F                  C      G                       
And I'm stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
G        
It's a ho
C                      
Hi Farmer bar your door
         F             C        G               C    
When you see the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore
F C G C
■ ■ ■ ■
F                       C    
La la lala la lala lala la la
                        G     C
La la lala la lala lala la la ■


[Verse]
                                         F    G                
Well you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large
F                  C           G                   
But just the other day I found an unprotected barge
  C                       
I ran up close behind them
    G                       
And they were none the wiser
F                       C             G           C         
I rammed their ship and sank it and I stole their fertilizer
    Am                          D                   
The bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans a mighty river
Am                                  G                   
Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are aquiver
Am                                   D                
Cause they know that Captain Jack is hidin' in the bay
Am                                     G                      
Jump the bridge and knock 'em cold and sail off with their hay
           C    
And it's a heave


[Chorus]
   G                     
Ho Comin' down the plains
        F              C          G                       
And I'm stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
       C 
It's a ho
   G                   
Hi Farmer bar your door
         F       C              G                    
When you see the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore
      F    C G C         F         
La la lala ■ ■ ■ la lala lala la la
C  G  C                        
La la ■ lala la lala lala la la


[Verse]
                     C       
Well Mounty Bob he'd chase me
                    G     
He was always at my throat
F                  C        
He'd follow on the shoreline
         G                
Cause he didn't own a boat
     C                   
Well cutbacks were acomin
        F               C  
And the mounty lost his job
   F        C                      G              C  
So now he's sailin' with me and we call him Salty Bob
Em                 Am                  D               
Swingin' sword and skull and bones are pleasant company
Am                        G            
I never pay my income tax screw the GST
Am                            D                
Sailin' down to Saskatoon the Terror of the Sea
Am                            G                  
You wanna reach the coop boys You gotta get by me
G               
And it's a heave


[Chorus]
C                        
Ho Comin' down the plains
        F                  C          G                   
And I'm stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
G        
It's a ho
C                      
Hi Farmer bar your door
     F                 C                 G           
When you see the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore
                        G    
La la lala la lala lala la la
           F  C G C    F C    G C      
La la lala la ■ ■ lala ■ lala ■ ■ la la


[Verse]
         C                      
Well the pirate life's appealing
        G                      
But you just don't find it here
  F             C                 G                 
I hear in north Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
C                            G             C    
They roam the Athabaska from Smith to Fort McKay
           F               C          G                C        
And you're gonna lose your Stetson if you have to pass their way


[Chorus]
Am               
Winter is acomin'
        D                     
And the chill is in the breeze
Am                            G                         
My sailin' days are over when the river starts to freeze
Am                            
But I'll be back in springtime
Bm7                 
For now I have to go
  Am                              G                 
I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico
           C    
And it's a heave
   C                     
Ho Comin' down the plains
F                          C      G                       
And I'm stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
       C 
It's a ho
   G          C        
Hi Farmer bar your door
         F       C              G                     F
When you see the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore ■
C G     C    F C G C                   
■ La la lala ■ ■ ■ ■ la lala lala la la
      C                      
La la lala la lala lala la la
C               
And it's a heave
C                        
Ho Comin' down the plains
                           C                              
And I'm stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
C        
It's a ho
C                      
Hi Farmer bar your door
                 C                                   
When you see the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore
G               
And it's a heave
C                        
Ho Comin' down the plains
        F                  C          G                   
And I'm stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
G        
It's a ho
C                      
Hi Farmer bar your door
         F       C     G                        C    
When you see the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore
F       C              G               C    
See the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore
F             C        G        G7     C7   
See the jolly roger on Regina's mighty shore


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