Am                     C
A young boy I was barely out of my home
  G                           F          E
I stepped to the world with a meaning to roam
  Am                        C
I signed with a captain who promised me gold
    G                        F            E
And adventure to quicken the heart of the bold
    Am                       E        E7
For fourteen odd years I did struggle alone
        Am                        E           E7
For the cause I worked my fingers down to the bone
    Am                          E            E7
Saw naught but the scuppers saw naught of my pay
         Am           E7         Am
Then was cast off and sent on my way

[Chorus]
  Am                     F              E
A curse upon you, sorrow fall thick and fast!
     Am                           F         E
Your days have been numbered each hour your last!
        Am                       E          F
May the land, sea or sky turn to swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           Am
And forer' ner' forget what you stole

[Verse 2]
  Am                         C
I found me some cohorts the bravest and true
   G                      F             E
No captain was prouder to call such men crew
           Am                  C
They could rally a cry and the battle was won
    G                    F               E
I'd face off a cannon if they but looked on
    Am                     E             E7
The mutinous dogs bound my hands while I slept  
              Am                      E            E7
Swapped their honor for treasures and gold that we kept
         Am                     E            E7
Threw me over the side with all kindness I'd shown
      Am          E7      Am
Now I vow to sail always alone

[Chorus]
  Am                     F              E
A curse upon you, sorrow fall thick and fast!
     Am                           F         E
Your days have been numbered each hour your last!
        Am                       E          F
May the land, sea or sky turn to swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           Am
And forer' ner' forget what you stole

[Verse 3]
  Am                    C
I met a fair maiden one round upon shore
  G                         F           E
I fell for her smile as I'd ner' done before
  Am                          C
I pledged her my world for as long as I lived
         G                     F           E
I'd have offered her more if I had more to give
   Am                          E           E7
My pockets she emptied still I offered the rest 
    Am                              E             E7
She obliged and then ripped out the heart from my chest
    Am                     E                E7
She sent me adrift free to float to world's end
       Am        E7       Am
With a bottle as my only friend

[Chorus]
  Am                     F              E
A curse upon you, sorrow fall thick and fast!
     Am                           F         E
Your days have been numbered each hour your last!
        Am                       E          F
May the land, sea or sky turn to swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           Am
And forer' ner' forget what you stole

[Verse 4]
    Am                        C
Now maybe there's some of you wondering hence
        G                      F           E
Not all parts of my life fit together with sense
    Am                           C
If these are your thoughts allow me to explain
       G                        F       E
Listen close now for I will not say it again
  Am                          E                  E7
I curse you yourself with the doubts that you've shown!
    Am                    E          E7
For this is my life and I made it my own
       Am                            E          E7
Walk a path and you'll have your own stories in time
         Am          E7            Am
Til that day I shall drink just to mine

[Chorus]
  Am                     F              E
A curse upon you, sorrow fall thick and fast!
     Am                           F         E
Your days have been numbered each hour your last!
        Am                       E          F
May the land, sea or sky turn to swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           Am
And forer' ner' forget what you stole