The Fireship Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]As I walked out one evening,
t 'was on [G]a night's [A]career,
[D]I met a pretty fire ship,
and to[G]wards her I [A]did steer.
[G]I heisted up my s[D]ignal,
which she did quickly view,
And when she saw my bunting up,
she [A]im mediately hoved to.
She had [D]a dark and roving eye,
and her [G]hair hung down in [A]ringlets.
A [D]nice girl, a decent girl,
[G]but [A]one of [D]the rakish kind.
Excuse me, sir, said she to me,
for [A]being out so late.
If [D]my parents knew of this,
oh, [G]sad would [A]be my fate.
[Em]My d[A]addy is a mi[D]nister,
[G]a good and [D]righteous man
My [G]mother is a [D]Methodist,
[A]I do the best [C]I can
[G]She had [D]a dark and roving eye,
and her [G]hair hung down in [A]ringlets
A [D]nice [G]girl, a [D]de cent girl,
[G]but one[D] of the rakish kind
I took her to a tavern,
I [A]treated her with wine,
A little [D]did I think
that she [G]was of the [A]rakish kind.
I [G]handled her, [D]I dandled [A]her,
much to my sur[D]prise,
Turned out she was a pirate ship
rigged up [A]in this disguise.
She had a [D]dark and a roving eye,
And her [G]hair hung [Em]down in [A]ringlets.
She [D]was a nice [G]girl, a [D]decent [G]girl,
But [D]one of the rakish kind.
Listen, all you sailor men
That [A]sail upon the [D]sea,
Beware of them, they're fire -ships,
One was the [A]ruin of me.
Be[C]ware of them,
[D]steer clear of them,
they'll be the death of you.
T 'was [G]there I had my [D]mizzen sprung,
and my [E]strong box broken [A]through.[G]
[A]She had a dar[D]k and roving eye,
and her [A]hair hung down in ringlets.
A [D]nice girl, a decent [G]girl,
but [D]one of the rakish kind.