The End Of My Pirate Days

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[I _think_ these are the chords Mary Chapin uses. She might use a

non-standard tuning, which would mean these are wrong. But I think

these sound pretty good. Feedback is appreciated.]

 

The night is soft and silent, new moon at my door

There's nothing near as quiet as the light I'm looking for

And last time that it appeared he was lying next to me

Last time I felt this near to whispered ecstacy

C#m7 Asus9 Bsus E - E/D#

And those who need adventure, they can sail the seven seas

And those who search for treasure, they must live on grander dreams

We rose and fell just like the tides, he filled my heart and soul and I

Buried all my dreams for someone else to find in my pirate days

C#m7 Asus9 Bsus E - E/D# C#m7 Asus9 Bsus E

This world is kinder to the kind that won't look back

Bsus Bsus C#m7 Asus9 - Bsus

They are the chosen few, among us now, unbowed somehow

And one day he turned to me, and before I took one breath

Bsus Bsus E E - E/D#

I knew I would only see his shadow in what light was left

C#m7 Asus9 Bsus E - E/D#

And those who need adventure, they can sail the seven seas

And those who search for treasure, they must live on grander dreams

And if I've seen his face since then, it's only been in dreams my friend

Since I came to the end of my pirate days

And if I've called his name since then, it's only been in dreams my friend

So I came to the end of my pirate days

 

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com