A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by Jimmy Buffett

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
G+G
  Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
C majorC                           G+G
Wanted to sail upon your waters \u2028since I was three feet tall
        Am7Am7  Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7      G+G
You've seen it all,    you've seen it all

Verse:
G+G
  Watch the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
  C majorC                           G+G
And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen
       Am7Am7   Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7     G+G
Most of them dreams,    most of them dreams

Verse:
G+G
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
  C majorC                                       G+G
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate
       Am7Am7  Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7     G+G
Arriving too late,    arriving too late

Verse:
G+G
I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass
 C majorC                           G+G
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
        Am7Am7  Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7      G+G
Never meant to last,    never meant to last

Verse:
G+G
I have been drunk now for over two weeks
 G+G
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
     C majorC                                G+G
But I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' I'm down to rock bottom again
        Am7Am7   Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7    G+G
With just a few friends,    just a few friends

Instrumental:
|   G+G   |   G+G   |   G+G   |   G+G   |
|   C majorC   |   C majorC   |   C majorC   |   G+G   |
|  Am7Am7  | Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7 |   G+G   |   G+G   |

Verse:
G+G
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile\u2028
       C majorC                              G+G
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day, I still could manage a smile
        Am7Am7  Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7     G+G
It just takes awhile,    just takes awhile

Verse:
G+G
  Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found
  C majorC                          G+G
My occupational hazard being, my occupation’s just not around
         Am7Am7   Bm7Bm7    Am7Am7  G+G
I feel like I've drowned,   gonna head uptown
         Am7Am7   Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7  G+G
I feel like I've drowned

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