Intro: in 3/4
q is quarter note
h. is dotter half note.
   q q q     q q q      q q q     h.
E|---------|---------|----------|----------|
B|----0----|----0----|-----1----|----------|
G|--0---0--|------0--|-------0--|----------|
D|--0------|--3------|---2------|--2-------|
A|---------|--3------|---3------|----------|
E|--3------|---------|----------|----------|

In 3/4, each measure is picked like this:
    q  q  q
E|-------------|
B|-----x--x----|
G|-----x--x----|
D|-----x--x----|
A|--x----------|
E|-------------|

Where you have freedom with which string the bass / treble notes go, based on the chord

G  G/F C  Em  Em/G D/F# Cm Am7
x  x   x  x   x    x    x  x
0  0   1  0   0    3    4  1
0  0   0  0   0    2    5  0
0  0   2  2   2    0    5  2
x  x   3  2   2    0    3  0
3  1   x  0   3    2    x  x

G                    G/F                   C
This is a story of a boy who sailed out to sea
G                              G/F                    C
With a song in his heart and a penny to spare for the fee
Em                               C
But the pirates came with the night
Em                        G
And that boy he put up a fight
Em
But they pillaged and plundered
Em
They buried him under
Am7                             C
the deck where they sealed him tight
G
But the boy kept on singing
G/F
and his voice kept on ringing
Em                D/F#        G
and these are the words he cried:
G           D/F#      C
"There are heroes tonight
Am              Em    D/F#  C
setting their sails for me.
G          D/F#      C
There are heroes tonight,
Am              Em    D/F#     C
They'll hear my song you'll see.
Cm                       G
You go ahead take my gold and my silver
        Em             D/F#            C
You can steal from me all your life long
G
But the heroes are waking
G/F
and you'll never break me
Em               D/F#       G
and you'll never take my song.

C
and you'll never break me
Em               D/F#       G
and you'll never take my song.
(x2)