Intro: D Em D G D G
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When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
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My father said Now son this choice deserves deliberation
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Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
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My boy why not consider a more challenging career
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Hey ho ho
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You'll cruise to foreign shores
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And you'll keep your mind and body sound by working out of doors
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True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without
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And when you're a professional pirate that's what the job's about
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Upstage lads this is my only number
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Now take Sir Francis Drake the Spanish all despise him
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But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him
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It's how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
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And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood
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Hey ho ho
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We're honorable men
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And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten
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On occasion there may be someone you have to execute
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But when your a professional pirate
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You don't have to wear a suit what
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I could have been a surgeon
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I like taking things apart
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I could have been a lawyer
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But I just had too much heart
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I could have been in politics
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Cause I've always been a big spender
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And me I could have been a contender
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Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
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I say we're victims of bad press it's all exaggerated
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We'd never stab you in the back we'd never lie or cheat
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We're just about the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet
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Hey ho ho
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It's one for all for one
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And we'll share and share alike with you and love you like a son
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We're gentlemen of fortune and that's what we're proud to be
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And when your a professional pirate
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You'll be honest brave and free
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The soul of decency
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You'll be loyal and fair and on the square
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And most importantly
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When you're a professional pirate
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You're always in the best of company