Poor Pirates The Spongebob Squarepants Musical   Guitar Chords

[Intro]
Fm Ab Db C

[Verse]
Fm Ab
Let me begin with a hearty ho ho
Db Ab
And a tale that nobody tells well
Fm Ab
I’ve not come all the way from En-C-I-N-O
Db C
To be treated like sewage that smells

Db Ab
I’m certainly not that surprised
C Eb Db
For this story is older than time
Eb Eb
Me peglegged pirating brethren and I
Eb Eb Eb
Are society’s slug-ridden slime

[Verse]
Fm Ab
We’ve all been cast out as scallywag rogues
Db Ab
With fire in our beards and our eyes
Fm Ab
There’s a side to us pirates that nobody knows
Db C
And it’s soft as a baby’s backside

Db Ab
Some of us just want adventures
C Eb Db
The open-sea wind in our earrings
Eb Eb
Why are we constantly misunderstood
Eb Eb Eb
Don’t you know pirates have feelings

[Chorus]
Db Ab
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Eb Fm
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Db Ab Eb
Poor pirates can’t deny this simple truth
Db Ab C
Poor pirates, P – O – O – ARR
Fm Fm
People too (too, too, too)
Fm C Fm
Nice harmonies, mateys!

[Verse]
Fm Ab
Think of how harrrd we have had it (so hard)
Db Ab
Out on ships there is not much to eat (not much to eat)
Fm Ab
And dentists hate pirate insurance (yo ho no)
Db C
Which is why we’ve so many gold teeth (We’ve too many gold teeth)

Db Ab
Me laundry stays damp and me boots start to stink
C Eb Db
And me fingernails filthy and dirty
Eb Eb
Me internet loads unbelievably slow
Eb Eb Eb
And me bedtime’s around 7:30

[Chorus]
Db Ab
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Eb Fm
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Db Ab Eb
Poor pirates can’t deny this simple truth
Db Ab
We’re poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Eb Fm
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Db Ab C
Poor pirates have it so much worse than you

[Bridge]
Db Ab
We’ve got pirate parades to which nobody comes
Eb Fm
Captain Kidd hosts a marathon but nobody runs
Db Ab
Long John Silver invented the bloomin’ onion
C
But you think he gets credit for that? (NO!)

Db Ab
Captain… um… no one knows his first name
Eb Fm
And old Greenbeard’s been driven completely insane
Db Ab
Hardly anyone celebrates our one holiday
C
Arr… Talk Like a Pirate Day!

[Chorus]
Db Ab
We’re poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Eb Fm
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Db Ab Eb
Poor pirates can’t deny this simple truth
(Can’t deny that we’re poor, poor )
Db Ab
Pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Eb Fm
Poor pirates, P-O-O-ARR
Db Ab Eb
Poor pirates can’t deny this simple truth
Db Ab C
That pirates, P – O – O – ARR
Fm C Fm
People too Yo ho!