A Pirate Looks at Forty Chords by Jimmy Buffett

[Verse]

[Chorus]
G Gsus4 G Am7 G C G Dsus4
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[Verse]
D             G     C 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   Bm7 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  Bm7   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 stop wishin' got to go fishin'
                    G    
Down to rock bottom again
           Am7     Bm7 Cmaj7      G      
Just a few friends ■   just a few friends


[Inst]
C G Am7 G
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[Verse]
G                                                   
And I go for younger women lived with several awhile
         C                                    
Though I ran 'em away they'd come back one day
                      G    
Still could manage to smile
             Dsus4 Am7 G D7           G     C G
Just takes a while ■   ■ just takes a while ■ ■


[Chorus]
              G                                   
Mother mother ocean after all the years I've found
C  Gsus4        C                                       G     
My occupational ■ hazard being my occupation's just not around
                     Am7     G Am7        G     
And I feel like I've drowned ■ gonna head uptown
                 Am7     G                
I feel like I've drowned gonna head uptown


[Solo]
Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C G
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[Outro]

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