Am
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
             Dm          E
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Am
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
       F       E         Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

[Interlude]
E F E

[Verse]
     Am
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
            E              F     E
The bosun brained with a marlinespike
     Am
And cookey's throat was marked belike
                       G
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
  F                     E
And there they lay, all god dead men
  Am
Like break o'day in a bozing ken
      F        E         Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Chorus]
Am
Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
              D          E
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Am
Ten of the crew had the murder mark!
      F               Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Interlude]
E F E

[Verse]
       Am
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
            G         F       E
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
          Am        G         F        E
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
Am                       G
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
       F       E
Loking up at paradise
     Am
All souls bound just contrawise
      F        E         Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Chorus]
Am
Fifteen men of 'em good and true -
               Dm        E
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Am
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
      F        E         Am
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Interlude]
F# G F# Bm

[Verse]
Bm
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
               A            G     F#
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
        Bm      A        G    F#
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
   Bm                  A
And they lay there that took the plum
      G                         F#
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
          Bm
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
      G        F#        Bm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Chorus]
Bm
Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
              Em         F#
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Bm
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
      G        F#        Bm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Chorus]
Bm
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
      Gm       Em        F#
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Bm
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
      G        B         Bm
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!