T Dm he sun comes up on the Spanish sea our G homeland far Dm behind us
Being hunted by the King's Navy it's G sure he'd never A7 find us
Pull a Dm way me lads O the Cardiff Rose and C hoist the G Jolly Dm Roger
Dm We brought her into the looward wind and G made for the Car Dm ibbean
Dm For thoughts of what it might have been G destroys a human A7 being
But Dm thoughts about the Spanish gold and G learning to Dm desire it
Can make a man so brash and bold he'll G soon become a A7 pirate
Pull away Dm me lads of the Cardiff Rose and C hoist the G Jolly R Dm oger
Dm Now a gleam came into the captain's eyes as he G spied an English
Dm clipper
She looks the perfect shape and size let's G all aboard and A7 strip her
We f Dm ired a shot across her bow and G eased ourselves b Dm eside her
With our keel as close as she'd allow we G swung from the deck to A7 ride
her
Pull Dm away me lads of the Cardiff Rose and C hoist the G Jolly Dm Roger
Dm Up she tumbles and starts to pitch and G signals for Dm assistance
We tightened our hold another hitch and G ended her resis A7 tance
Dm Now there's many a day on the Spanish sea I s G erved aboard that
Dm raider
But we never did nothing more beautifully
Than the G way that we A7 belayed her
Pull Dm away me lads of the Cardiff Rose and C hoist the G Jolly Ro Dm ger
Dm Her hold was hot as St Elmo's fire her G chests were filled with
Dm treasure
We took as much as we'd require then G took more for our A7 pleasure
Now t Dm here's many a day on the Spanish Main
But G none I hold so Dm dear
As the happy day I first became a G scurvy bucc A7 aneer
Pull a Dm way me lads of the Cardif Rose and C hoist the G Jolly Dm Roger
Copyright @ 1975 Patian Music and Jackelope Publishing Co.(BMI)
From the "Cardiff Rose'' LP Columbia Records 1976
Roger Mcguinn
