A Pirate Looks at Forty Chords by Jimmy Buffett

[Intro]
G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G
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[Verse]
              G                          
Mother mother ocean I have heard you call
C                                                      G   
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
               Am7 G Am7            G  
You've seen it all ■ you've seen it all
                         G                             
Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
    C                                                  G   
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
            Am7   G Am7         G    
Most of 'em dream ■ most of 'em dream
G                                           
Yes I am a pirate two hundred years too late
C                                                   
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder
                           G   
I'm an overforty victim of fate
             Am7  G Am7          G   
Arriving too late ■ arriving too late


[Chorus]
                   G                                       
I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass
C                                                        G   
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
               Am7  G     Am7   G      
Never meant to last never meant to last
G                                           
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
                                 G                 
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
      C                                    
But I got to stop wishin' got to go fishin'
                    G    
Down to rock bottom again
           Am      Am7 Bm7 Am7        G       C
Just a few friends ■   ■   just a few friends ■


[Solo]
G Am7 G Am7 G                                                
■ I   ■ ■   ■ go for younger women lived with several a while


[Verse]
         C                                    
Though I ran 'em away they'd come back one day
                      G    
Still could manage to smile
             Am7   G Am7          G    
Just takes a while ■ just takes a while


[Chorus]
              G                                   
Mother mother ocean after all the years I've found
C                                                     G     
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
                 Am7     Bm7 Am7        G     
I feel like I've drowned ■   gonna head uptown
                 Am7           Bm7      Am7   
I feel like I've drowned gonna ■   head uptown


[Outro]
G Am7 G Am7 G C D7 G
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