Bloody Rose Of China

Am Am Through the smoke, I heard a voice F G Am Say "I'll tell you a tale" "Of the most successful pirate that F G Am Ever raised a sail" F G "It wasn't Teach or Avery C G Am Wasn't Morgan or Lafitte, It was a poor widow woman F G Am And her massive pirate fleet" C D She was the rose, the bloody rose Em D C The Bloody Rose of China D A She was a Pirate Queen! C D With her massive pirate fleet Em D C She'd go down in history D Am As the girl that owned the China Sea! At a brothel down in Canton F G Am Lived a sixteen year old whore Who didn't mind the work F G Am But was looking for much more F G When pirates invaded C G Am Burned that village to the ground They all ran into the streets and F G Am Watched it all burn down Before the smoke had cleared F G Am She had a brand new life And a Pirate Captain named Zheng Yi F G Am Had a brand new wife F G Together they united all the C G Am Warring pirate clans And that was just a tiny part F G Am Of her much larger plan C D She was the rose, the bloody rose Em D C The Bloody Rose of China D A She was a Pirate Queen! C D With her massive pirate fleet Em D C She'd go down in history D Am As the girl that owned the China Sea! And a few years later F G Am When Zheng Yi's life was through She clawed her way onto his throne F G And took his power too F G She gathered and recruited C G Am Every pirate she could find And it all fell into place F G Am Just as she had designed Her fleet it grew so massive F G Am That it put the rest to shame The towns all paid protection F G Am The vessels all fair game F G She had eighteen hundred ships C G Am Under her command And with it eighty thousand pirates F G Am To carry out her plans C D She was the rose, the bloody rose Em D C The Bloody Rose of China D A She was a Pirate Queen! C D With her massive pirate fleet Em D C She'd go down in history D Am As the girl that owned the China Sea! Her Red Flag fleet it grew so large F G Am It could not be ignored And no one would betray her F G Am No matter the reward F G The Portuguese sent their Navy C G Am The British sent their fleet And each of them were sent back home F G Am Humbled by defeat Qing Dynasty sent assassins and F G Am Envoys to start talks The one thing they had in common F G Am They came home in a box F G The government it realized C G Am This was one they couldn't win So they came up with a clever plan F G Am To bring this to an end C D She was the rose, the bloody rose Em D C The Bloody Rose of China D A She was a Pirate Queen! C D With her massive pirate fleet Em D C She'd go down in history D Am As the girl that owned the China Sea! They offered her full pardon F G Am If she agreed to leave the sea She would keep her plunder F G Am And her men would all go free F G With amnesty granted C G Am A great pirate walked away And a wealthy clever business woman F G Am Walked on shore that day C D Em D C D A C D Em D C D Am "And that's the tale of Ching Shih F G Am And it's all true I swear" "There's a gambling house in Canton F G Am And I'll bet that she's still there" F G And with that he faded C G Am Into the dim smoky haze While legends of that Pirate Queen F G Am Will never fade away Am