[verse] Em C G Four and four-hundred solstices past C Em G D When the sea was wild and the world was vast Em C G The king sent men to off the head C Em G D O' brave Ryan McGuire and the pirates he led Em C G They hoisted sail and his majesty's flag C Em G D And they sailed for the seas near the islands of Celtisag G D Em C solo [verse] Em C G Two days and a fort-night by the sky C Em G D When alas ' The Cutter Ryan ' the king's men he did spy Em C G And there a pirate chewed and pried C Em G D The cork from a bottle to drink before he died Em C G "Full straight ahead!" howled Admiral Tannon C Em G D "Load shot to the guns and fire the starboard cannon!" [chorus] D G And a pirate cried, G D "Fire in the sky" G D "Fire in the sky" G D "Fire In the sky" G D Em C solo [verse] Em C G The moon was black and the clouds they bled C Em G D When alas the tall ship had sank to sea-bed Em C G Battered was that ship ' The Cutter Ryan ' C Em G D But high on the mast the roger was flyin' Em C G The kings ship fell under violent fire C Em G D But No match for the great Captain McGuire [chorus] D G And they all cried, G D "Fire in the sky" G D "Fire in the sky" G D "Fire in the sky" G D Em C solo
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