With Cat-like Tread keyboard

With Cat-like Tread

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N.C.
A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea,
Are trying their hand at a burglary, With weapons grim and gory.

      C                        Fdim/C C
Hush, hush! I hear them on the manor  poaching,
                               Fdim/C C
With stealthy step the pirates are  approaching.

N.C.
We are not coming for plate or gold; A story General Stanley's told;
We seek a penalty fifty-fold, For General Stanley's story.

     F               C7                             F
They seek a penalty (Fifty-fold! We seek a penalty) Fifty-fold!
                                       Bb      C         F
They/We seek a penalty fifty-fold, For General Stanley's story.
N.C.
They come in force, with stealthy stride, Our obvious course is now to hide! (Tarantara, tarantara!)

|A    |D/A    |A  D/A  |A7/E A7 |

     D               G               D                           A7/D            D
With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal; In silence dread our cautious way we feel!
D                   Ddim          D       D6         A/E              E7sus4  E7 A
No sound at all, we never speak a word; A fly's foot-fall would be distinct - ly heard!

F#m
(Tarantara, Tarantara. So stealthily the pirate creeps while all the household soundly sleeps)

D/F# F#m D/F# F#m D/F# F#m A7/E

D                                  A7
Come, friends, who plough the sea, truce to navigation, take another station;
D                 F#m/C#        C#7   F#m  A7
Let's vary piracy with a little burglary
D                                  A7
Come, friends, who plough the sea, truce to navigation, take another station;
D7         G  G#dim  D             A7    D
Let's vary piracy    with a little burglary

A           E7/G#    A   B7/F# E7
Here's your crowbar, and your  centre bit,
     A Adim  E/G#  F#7 E        B7      E
Your life preser - ver, you may want to hit!
A           E7/G#    A         B7/F#   E7
Your silent matches, your dark lantern seize
A    G#7  C#m C#dim B         A    E7    A
Take your fi  -  le  and your skeletonic keys!

A       Bbdim              A7            Bbdim           A7
(Tarantara,) With cat like tread (Tarantara,) In silence dread

     D               G               D                           A7/D            D
With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal; In silence dread our cautious way we feel!
D                   Ddim          D       D6         A/E              E7sus4  E7 A
No sound at all, we never speak a word; A fly's foot-fall would be distinct - ly heard!
D                                  A7
Come, friends, who plough the sea, truce to navigation, take another station;
D7         G  G#dim  D             A7    D
Let's vary piracy    with a little burglary
G6                  G/E Bm/F# Em7/G Asus4 A  D
With cat-like tread up  on    our   prey  we steal; 
G6               G/E Bm/F# Em7/G D/A A  D     Bb7
In silence dread our cau - tious way we feel!

Eb                                 Bb7
Come, friends, who plough the sea, truce to navigation, take another station;
Eb7        Ab  Adim  Eb            Bb7   Eb
Let's vary piracy    with a little burglary
Ab6                 Ab/F Cm/G Fm7/Ab Bbsus4 Bb Eb
With cat-like tread up  - on   our   prey   we steal; 
Ab6              Ab/F Cm/G  Fm7/Ab Eb/Bb Bb Eb
In silence dread our  cau - tious  way   we feel!

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