There Once Was A Pirate Tab

I use a capo on the fifth fret here for easier picking.
 
If you're looking to transfer this to other instruments (as I am, with the banjo) the actual notes you're
looking for will be:
Intro/Verse: G3 D4 A#4 / G3 D4 A#4 / G3 C#4 A4 / E3 C#4 A4
Chorus 1: D#3 C4 A#4 / D#3 C4 A#4 / D3 A#3 G4 / D3 A#3 G4 / C#3 A3 E4 / C#3 G3 E4 / D3 G3 A3 G3 F#3
Chorus 2: D#3 C4 A#4 / D#3 C4 A#4 / D3 A#3 G4 / D3 A#3 G4 / D3 A3 G4 / D3 A3 F#4 / G2 D3 A#3 C3 D3
Outro: D3 A3 G4 / D3 A3 F#4 / G2 D3 A#3 G2
 
[Intro] (same as verse)
E |-------6---------|-------6---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |----7------------|-----7-----------|----6------------|----6------------|
D |—5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse] (repeats)
There once was a pirate who put out to sea / His mates all around him / No maiden on his knee
E |-------6---------|-------6---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |----7------------|-----7-----------|----6------------|----6------------|
D |—5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Chorus 1]
Oh sail for a little / A little little little
E |---------6-------|-------6---------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|-------8---------|
G |------5----------|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—----------------|-----------------|---—8------------|----8------------|
A |-6---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
Oh sail for a little / 'Til she finds him
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------5-------|-------5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |--------—--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—-----7----------|----5------------|---—5--7---------|-5---------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|----9------------|
E |-9---------------|-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse]
There once was a maiden / Who wandered the mead / To gather blue violets / Her mama would need
E |-------6---------|-------6---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |----7------------|-----7-----------|----6------------|----6------------|
D |—5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Chorus 1]
A wail through the willows / All hollow through the willows
E |---------6-------|-------6---------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|-------8---------|
G |------5----------|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—----------------|-----------------|---—8------------|----8------------|
A |-6---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
She'll wail through the willows / 'Til she finds him
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------5-------|-------5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |--------—--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—-----7----------|----5------------|---—5--7---------|-5---------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|----9------------|
E |-9---------------|-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse]
The sea was so violent / The crew went below / They begged him to join them / But he would not go
E |-------6---------|-------6---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |----7------------|-----7-----------|----6------------|----6------------|
D |—5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Chorus 2]
Oh sail for a little / For just a little little
E |---------6-------|-------6---------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|-------8---------|
G |------5----------|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—----------------|-----------------|---—8------------|----8------------|
A |-6---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
Oh sail for a little / 'Til she finds him
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------8-------|-------7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |--------—--------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---7-----------|
D |—-----7----------|----7------------|---—---8---------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-5---------------|---5--—----------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|----—------------|3----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse]
Her heart was so laden / She fell by a tree / Sang of some pirate / Who haunted the sea
E |-------6---------|-------6---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |----7------------|-----7-----------|----6------------|----6------------|
D |—5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Chorus 1]
A wail through the willows (sail for a little) / All hollow through the willows(the willow willows)
E |---------6-------|-------6---------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|-------8---------|
G |------5----------|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—----------------|-----------------|---—8------------|----8------------|
A |-6---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
She'll wail through the willows (sail for a little) / 'Til she finds him
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------5-------|-------5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |--------—--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—-----7----------|----5------------|---—5--7---------|-5---------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|----9------------|
E |-9---------------|-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Chorus 2]
He'll sail for a little / A little little little
E |---------6-------|-------6---------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|-------8---------|
G |------5----------|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—----------------|-----------------|---—8------------|----8------------|
A |-6---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
He'll sail for a little / 'Til she finds him
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------8-------|-------7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |--------—--------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---7-----------|
D |—-----7----------|----7------------|---—---8---------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-5---------------|---5--—----------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|----—------------|3----------------|-----------------|
 
[Outro]
He'll sail for a little 'til she finds him
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------8-------|-------7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |--------—--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |—-----7----------|----7------------|---—---8---------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-5---------------|---5--—----------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|----—------------|3----------------|-3---------------|
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