A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by Jimmy Buffett

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
G
  Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
C                           G
Wanted to sail upon your waters \u2028since I was three feet tall
        Am7  Bm7  Am7      G
You've seen it all,    you've seen it all

Verse:
G

  Watch the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
  C                           G
And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen
       Am7   Bm7  Am7     G
Most of them dreams,    most of them dreams

Verse:
G
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
  C                                       G
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate
       Am7  Bm7  Am7     G
Arriving too late,    arriving too late

Verse:
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

Verse:
G
I have been drunk now for over two weeks
 G
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
     C                                G
But I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' I'm down to rock bottom again
        Am7   Bm7  Am7    G
With just a few friends,    just a few friends

Instrumental:
|   G   |   G   |   G   |   G   |
|   C   |   C   |   C   |   G   |
|  Am7  | Bm7  Am7 |   G   |   G   |

Verse:
G
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile\u2028
       C                              G
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day, I still could manage a smile
        Am7  Bm7  Am7     G
It just takes awhile,    just takes awhile

Verse:
G
  Mother, mother ocean, after all these 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  G
I feel like I've drowned