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I heard Davey Crockett had a pint in his pocket, Good whiskey at the Alamo
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Now that Pancho Villia had a jug of Tequila when he walked the streets of old Mexico
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While Blackbeard was fleecing around the hurricane season, he didn’t quit because of a girl
      D                 E                       A
Yeah, rum is the reason pirates never ruled the world

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While Russia was brawling, I bet that Old Stalin was calling for a vodka martini
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While the world waited in fear, Old Hitler drank beer from a stein, eating sauerkraut and weenies
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Yeah, down through the ages as they turned through the pages, they couldn’t drink their diamonds and pearls
    D                 E                       A
No, rum is the reason pirates never ruled the world

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I ain’t getting much done but I’m having fun sailing on the deep blue sea
D                                                         E
My whole body goes numb from a bottle of dark rum and the sun sinking down on me
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My catch of the day is a tall Cuba libra chased down with a 12 oz curl
      D                 E                       A
Yeah, rum is the reason pirates never ruled the world

D                                            E
I ain’t getting much done but I’m having fun sailing on the deep blue sea
D                                                         E
My whole body goes numb from a bottle of dark rum and the sun sinking down on me
F#m                      C#m             D                        E
My catch of the day is a tall Cuba libra chased down with a 12 oz curl
      D                   E
Yeah, rum is the reason I guess..
     D                 E                       A
Hey, rum is the reason pirates never ruled the world