^GmLet me begin with a ^Bbhearty ho ho And a ^Ebtale that nobody tells ^Bbwell I've not ^Gmcome all the way from En-^BbC-I-N-O To be ^Ebtreated like sewage that ^Dsmells

I'm^Eb certainly not that surpri^Bbsed For this ^Dstory is older than ^Ftime ^Eb Me ^Fpeglegged pirating ^Fbrethren and I Are ^Fsociety's ^Fslug-ridden ^Fslime

^GmWe've all been cast out as ^Bbscallywag rogues With ^Ebfire in our beards and our ^Bbeyes There's a ^Gmside to us pirates that ^Bbnobody knows And it's ^Ebsoft as a baby's back^Dside

^EbSome of us just want ad^Bbventures The ^Dopen-sea wind in our ^Fearrings ^{Eb F}Why are we constantly ^Fmisunderstood ^FDon't you know ^Fpirates have ^Ffeelings

Poor ^Ebpirates, P-O-O-^BbARR Poor ^Fpirates, P-O-O-^GmARR Poor ^Ebpirates can't ^Bbdeny this simple ^Ftruth Poor ^Ebpirates, ^BbP - O - O - ^DARR People ^Gmtoo (too, ^Gmtoo, too) ^Gm Nice harmonie^Ds, matey^Gms!

^GmThink of how harrrd we have ^Bbhad it (so hard) Out on ^Ebships there is not much to ^Bbeat (not much to eat) And ^Gmdentists hate pirate ins^Bburance (yo ho no) Which is ^Ebwhy we've so many gold ^Dteeth (We've too many gold teeth)

Me ^Eblaundry stays damp and me ^Bbboots start to stink And me ^Dfingernails filthy and ^Fdirty ^Eb Me ^Finternet loads unbe^Flievably slow And me ^Fbedtime's ^Faround 7:^F30

Poor ^Ebpirates, P-O-O-^BbARR Poor ^Fpirates, P-O-O-^GmARR Poor ^Ebpirates can't ^Bbdeny this simple ^Ftruth We're poor ^Ebpirates, P-O-O-^BbARR Poor ^Fpirates, P-O-O-^GmARR Poor ^Ebpirates have it ^Bbso much worse than ^Dyou

We've got ^Ebpirate parades to which ^Bbnobody comes Captain ^FKidd hosts a marathon but ^Gmnobody runs Long John ^EbSilver invented the ^Bbbloomin' onion But you ^Dthink he gets credit for that? (NO!)

^EbCaptain... um... no one ^Bbknows his first name And old ^FGreenbeard's been driven com^Gmpletely insane Hardly ^Ebanyone celebrates our ^Bbone holiday ^D Arr... Talk Like a Pirate Day!

We're poor ^Ebpirates, P-O-O-^BbARR Poor ^Fpirates, P-O-O-^GmARR Poor ^Ebpirates can't ^Bbdeny this simple ^Ftruth (Can't deny that we're poor, poor ) ^EbPirates, P-O-O-^BbARR Poor ^Fpirates, P-O-O-^GmARR Poor ^Ebpirates can't de^Bbny this simple ^Ftruth That ^Ebpirates, ^BbP - O - O - ^DARR ^Gm People too ^{D Gm} Yo ho!