[verse]
Em C G
Four and four-hundred solstices past
C Em G D
When the sea was wild and the world was vast
Em C G
The king sent men to off the head
C Em G D
O' brave Ryan McGuire and the pirates he led
Em C G
They hoisted sail and his majesty's flag
C Em G D
And they sailed for the seas near the islands of Celtisag
G D Em C solo
[verse]
Em C G
Two days and a fort-night by the sky
C Em G D
When alas ' The Cutter Ryan ' the king's men he did spy
Em C G
And there a pirate chewed and pried
C Em G D
The cork from a bottle to drink before he died
Em C G
"Full straight ahead!" howled Admiral Tannon
C Em G D
"Load shot to the guns and fire the starboard cannon!"
[chorus]
D G
And a pirate cried,
G D
"Fire in the sky"
G D
"Fire in the sky"
G D
"Fire In the sky"
G D Em C solo
[verse]
Em C G
The moon was black and the clouds they bled
C Em G D
When alas the tall ship had sank to sea-bed
Em C G
Battered was that ship ' The Cutter Ryan '
C Em G D
But high on the mast the roger was flyin'
Em C G
The kings ship fell under violent fire
C Em G D
But No match for the great Captain McGuire
[chorus]
D G
And they all cried,
G D
"Fire in the sky"
G D
"Fire in the sky"
G D
"Fire in the sky"
G D Em C solo