Elephants Dance

Am C G We have served many years under royal decree Am F G C E Crossed the ocean so vast to the new colonies Am C G We've starvation endured, eaten rations of mold Dm Am E Am And we slaughtered our friends for a minimum sold Em C G Been discarded like trash for a treaty with Spain Am F G C E No more work for us sailors till war comes again Am C G In the ruins of Nassau, we gathered our strength Dm Am E Am And founded a future and home for our friends Am F G C Am But here we are at gallow's point G Am In Woodes Rogers' ruse we've been caught F G C Am To pardon accept and get back in the fold Dm E Or be fed to the crows in a noose Am G Dm Am Bleed for Queen Anne! Starve for King George! F G C E We're trampled and torn in this elephants dance Am G Dm Am We're taking the rope, for the sake of the code F G Am So the free folk of Nassau might still stand a chance Am C G Oh we had a good run, with a cutlass and gun Am F G C E I've earned most of my meals sailing on the accord Am C G Our republic fought back every English attack Dm Am E Am As we gathered a fleet sailing under the black Am F G C Am But now we are scattered, divided and weak G Am The enemy wedged in our midst F G C Am No force or no fleet could have torn us apart Dm E Like King George's grand clemency Am G Dm Am Bleed for Queen Anne! Starve for King George! F G C E We're trampled and torn in this elephants dance Am G Dm Am We're taking the rope, for the sake of the code F G Am So the free folk of Nassau might still stand a chance Am Oh I spit on your conditions, in fact I think I'll pass Am Them terms won't do to wipe the shit out of me Irish ass G F G Am I'd rather die a free man, than live my life a slave Dm E Dm E You take that bloody pardon, and you plant it on my grave Dm Bb F C A Bridge spoken Dm Bb F We are born of the salt, we children of the sea C A Dm We don't bend our knees to no king or country Bb F C A Dm So we hoist the Jolly Roger, the colours of the free Dm Bb We are born of the salt, we are children of the sea F C A We don't bend our knees to no king or country Dm Bb So we hoist the Jolly Roger, the colours of the free F C A And if we hit the gallows, that's the way that it must be Dm Bb We are born of the salt, we are children of the sea F C A We don't bend our knees to no king or country Dm Bb So we hoist the Jolly Roger, the colours of the free F C A And if we hit the gallows, that's the way that it must be Bm A Em Bm We'll not bleed for Queen Anne! Starve for King George! G A D F# We're trampled and torn in this elephants dance Bm A Em Bm We're taking the rope, for the sake of the code G A Bm A So the free folk of Nassau might still stand a chance Em Bm Starve for King George! G A D F# We're trampled and torn in this elephants dance Bm A Em Bm We're taking the rope, for the sake of the code G A Bm So the free folk of Nassau might still stand a chance