Jolly Roger by Roger McGuinn Lyric and Guitar Chords

August 20, 2024 by Joaquimma Anna

If you are looking for Jolly Roger guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Jolly Roger by Roger McGuinn using guitar or guitar.
This song by Roger McGuinn can also be played by that instruments.
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Jolly Roger guitar chords has rhythm and included in Cardiff Rose (1976) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Jolly Roger by Roger McGuinn Guitar Chords

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#From RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM Sun May 4 11:24:06 1997
#Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 02:43:04 GMT
#From: RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM
#To: guitar@olga.net
#Subject: Jolly Roger Roger McGuinn Chords/Words
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#Roger McGuinn Jolly Roger written by Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy
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T

Dm

he sun comes up on the Spanish sea our

G

homeland far

Dm

behind us
Being hunted by the King’s Navy it’s

G

sure he’d never

A7

find us
Pull a

Dm

way me lads O the Cardiff Rose and

C

hoist the

G

Jolly

Dm

Roger

Dm

We brought her into the looward wind and

G

made for the Car

Dm

ibbean

Dm

For thoughts of what it might have been

G

destroys a human

A7

being
But

Dm

thoughts about the Spanish gold and

G

learning to

Dm

desire it
Can make a man so brash and bold he’ll

G

soon become a

A7

pirate
Pull away

Dm

me lads of the Cardiff Rose and

C

hoist the

G

Jolly R

Dm

oger

Dm

Now a gleam came into the captain’s eyes as he

G

spied an English

Dm

clipper
She looks the perfect shape and size let’s

G

all aboard and

A7

strip her
We f

Dm

ired a shot across her bow and

G

eased ourselves b

Dm

eside her
With our keel as close as she’d allow we

G

swung from the deck to

A7

ride
her
Pull

Dm

away me lads of the Cardiff Rose and

C

hoist the

G

Jolly

Dm

Roger

Dm

Up she tumbles and starts to pitch and

G

signals for

Dm

assistance
We tightened our hold another hitch and

G

ended her resis

A7

tance

Dm

Now there’s many a day on the Spanish sea I s

G

erved aboard that

Dm

raider
But we never did nothing more beautifully
Than the

G

way that we

A7

belayed her
Pull

Dm

away me lads of the Cardiff Rose and

C

hoist the

G

Jolly Ro

Dm

ger

Dm

Her hold was hot as St Elmo’s fire her

G

chests were filled with

Dm

treasure
We took as much as we’d require then

G

took more for our

A7

pleasure
Now t

Dm

here’s many a day on the Spanish Main
But

G

none I hold so

Dm

dear
As the happy day I first became a

G

scurvy bucc

A7

aneer
Pull a

Dm

way me lads of the Cardif Rose and

C

hoist the

G

Jolly

Dm

Roger
Copyright @ 1975 Patian Music and Jackelope Publishing Co.(BMI)
From the “Cardiff Rose” LP Columbia Records 1976

If you want to learn Roger McGuinn Jolly Roger guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Jolly Roger. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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