Guitar: The Coast Of High Barbary (Including lyrics and chords)

A request from my friend Ken Shuttlesworth has me doing another shanty. As with the shanty 'Running Down To Cuba' which I uploaded a few weeks ago, this can be sung A Capella, but also as a ballad with guitar accompaniment. I prefer it this way, so have worked out the chord progression which seems to suit my interpretation quite well. The lyrics I got from Wikipedia along with the following information: The "Coast of High Barbary" is a traditional song which was popular among British and American sailors. It most frequently sung as a ballad but can also be a sea shanty. It tells of a sailing ship that came across a pirate ship off the Barbary Coast and defeated the pirates, who were left to drown. An earlier version of the Ballad is found in the Stationers' Register for January 14, 1595 and tells the story of two merchant ships, the George Aloe and the Sweepstake, both sailing to Safee. While the George Aloe was resting at anchor, the Sweepstake sailed on, but a French ship attacked the Sweepstake and threw the crew overboard. The George Aloe gave chase and defeated the French ship, whose crew were shown no mercy because of the fate of the crew of the Sweepstake. The most common lyrics may refer to the problems European and North American traders had with the North African pirates in the second half of the 18th century and the early 19th century, which led to the Barbary wars. he Coast Of High Barbary Am Em Am There was a gallant English ship a-sailing on the sea, Dm Am Blow high, blow low, and so say we; Dm C Em And her Captain he was searching for a pirate enemy, Am Em Am Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree. "Look ahead, look astern, look a-weather and a-lee," Blow high, blow low, and so say we; "Aloft there at the masthead just see what you can see," Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree. "There's nought upon the stern, there's nought upon the lee," Blow high, blow low, and so say we; "But there's a lofty ship to windward and she's sailing fast and free," Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree. "O hail her! O hail her!" our gallant Captain cried, Blow high, blow low, and so say we; "Are you a man-o-war or a privateer?" said he, Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree. "O I am not a man-o-war nor privateer," said he; Blow high, blow low, and so say we; "But I'm a salt-sea pirate whose a-looking for his fee," Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree. O 'twas broadside to broadside a long time lay we, Blow high, blow low, and so say we; Until we shot her masts away and blew them in the sea, Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree. "Oh quarter, oh quarter" those pirates they did cry Blow high, blow low and so sail we; But the quarter that we gave them was we sank 'em in the sea Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree.