{t:Last Saskatchewan Pirate}
{st:Arrogant Worms (1992), Captain Tractor (1995), Brad Johner (2003), Amy Nelson (2018)}
{c:verse 1}
Well I [C]used to be a farmer and I [F]made a [G]living [C]fine
I [F]had a little [C]stretch of land a-[G]long the CP line
But [C]times went by and though I tried the [F]money [G]wasn't [C]there
And [F]bankers came and [C]took my land and [G]told me "Fair is [C]fair"
I [Am]looked for every kind of job the [D]answer always "No",
"[Am]Hire you now" they'd always laugh, "We [G]just let twenty go!"
The [Am]government, they promised me a [D]measley little sum,
But [Am]I've got too much pride to end up [G]just another bum!
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Then I [F]↓thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are [C]↓gone,
[G]↓I'm gonna be a pirate, on the river Saskatchewan!
{soc}
'Cause it's a heave ([C]HO), hi ([C]HO), [F]comin' [G]down the [C]plains,
[F]Stealin' wheat and [C]barley and [G]all the other grains,
It's a ho ([C]HEY), hi ([C]HEY), [F]farmers [G]bar yer [C]doors,
When you [F]see the Jolly [C]Roger on Re-[G]gina's mighty [C]shores.
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{c:verse 2}
Well you [C]think the local farmers would [F]know that [G]I'm at [C]large,
But [F]just the other [C]day I found an [G]unprotected barge,
I [C]snuck up right behind them and [F]they were [G]none the [C]wiser,
I [F]rammed the ship and [C]sank it and I [G]stole their ferti-[C]lizer
A [Am]bridge outside of Moose Jaw [D]spans the mighty river,
[Am]Farmers cross in so much fear their [G]stomach's are a quiver,
[Am]'Cause they know that Tractor Jack is [D]hiding in the bay,
I'll [Am]jump the bridge and knock em cold and [G]sail off with their hay!
{soc}
'Cause it's a heave ([C]HO), hi ([C]HO), [F]comin' [G]down the [C]plains,
[F]Stealin' wheat and [C]barley and [G]all the other grains,
It's a ho ([C]HEY), hi ([C]HEY), [F]farmers [G]bar yer [C]doors,
When you [F]see the Jolly [C]Roger on Re-[G]gina's mighty [C]shores.
{eoc}
{c:verse 3}
Well [C]Mountie Bob he chased me, he was [F]always [G]at my [C]throat,
He'd [F]follow on the [C]shorelines 'cause he [G]didn't own a boat,
But [C]cut-backs were a comin' so the [F]Mountie [G]lost his [C]job,
So [F]now he's sailin' [C]with me and we [G]call him Salty [C]Bob!
A [Am]swingin' sword, a skull and bones, and [D]pleasant company,
I [Am]never pay my income [G]tax and screw the GST (SCREW IT!)
[Am]Sailin' down to Saskatoon, the [D]Terror of the Sea,
If you [Am]wanna reach the Co-op boy you [G]gotta get by me!
{soc}
'Cause it's a heave ([C]HO), hi ([C]HO), [F]comin' [G]down the [C]plains,
[F]Stealin' wheat and [C]barley and [G]all the other grains,
It's a ho ([C]HEY), hi ([C]HEY), [F]farmers [G]bar yer [C]doors,
When you [F]see the Jolly [C]Roger on Re-[G]gina's mighty [C]shores.
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{c:verse 4}
Well [C]pirate life's appealing, but you [F]don't just [G]find it [C]here,
I've [F]heard that in Al-[C]berta there's a [G]band of buccaneers,
They [C]roam the Athabasca from [F]Smith to [G]Port [C]McKay,
And you're [F]gonna lose your [C]Stetson if you [G]have to pass their [C]way.
Well [Am]winter is a comin' and a [D]chill is in the breeze,
My [Am]pirate days are over once the [G]river starts to freeze,
[Am]I'll be back in spring time, but [D]now I have to go,
I [Am]hear there's lots of plundering down [G]in New Mexico!
{soc}
'Cause it's a heave ([C]HO), hi ([C]HO), [F]comin' [G]down the [C]plains,
[F]Stealin' wheat and [C]barley and [G]all the other grains,
It's a ho ([C]HEY), hi ([C]HEY), [F]farmers [G]bar yer [C]doors,
When you [F]see the Jolly [C]Roger on Re-[G]gina's mighty [C]shores.
{eoc}
{soc}
It's a heave ([C]HO), hi ([C]HO), [F]comin' [G]down the [C]plains,
[F]Stealin' wheat and [C]barley and [G]all the other grains,
It's a ho ([C]HEY), hi ([C]HEY), [F]farmers [G]bar yer [C]doors,
When you [F]see the Jolly [C]Roger on Re-[G]gina's mighty [C]shores.
When you [F]see the Jolly [C]Roger on Re-[G]gina's mighty [C]shores.
{eoc}
