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Son Of A Sailor by Jimmy Buffett

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

This is just am arrangement for a single acoustic guitar, not a tab of any particular version.

Intro:
E, D, A, E     E, D, A, E, 

  Verse:
  E        E
  Q   Q    Q   E E Q   E E Q   E E Q   E E
e|-0-------|0-------0------|0-------0-------|
B|---------|----0-------0--|----0-------0---|
G|-----1---|------1-------1|------1-------1-|
D|---------|---------------|----------------|
A|---------|---------------|----------------|
E|-0-------|0--------------|0---------------|
As the   son of a son of a sailor   I went

  D       A        E
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q   E E 
e|-2-------0-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----3-------2---|----0-------0---|
G|-------2-------2-|------1-------1-|
D|-0---------------|----------------|
A|---------0-------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
out on the sea   for adventure Ex-

A                E
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q   E E 
e|-0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
G|-------2-------2-|------1-------1-|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-0---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
panding the view of the captain and crew like a

  B                E          
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q   E E 
e|-2-------2-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----4-------4---|----0-------0---|
G|-------4-------4-|------1-------1-|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-2---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
man just released from indenture As a

  E
  Q   E E Q   E E Q   E E Q   E E
e|-0-------0------|0-------0-------|
B|-----0-------0--|----0-------0---|
G|-------1-------1|------1-------1-|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|-0--------------|0---------------|
dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man I have

  D       A        E
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q   E E 
e|-2-------0-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----3-------2---|----0-------0---|
G|-------2-------2-|------1-------1-|
D|-0---------------|----------------|
A|---------0-------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
chalked up many  a mile.     Read

  A                E
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q   E E 
e|-0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
G|-------2-------2-|------1-------1-|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-0---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
dozens of books about heroes and crooks and I

  B                E          
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   3/4   
e|-2-------2-------|0---------|
B|-----4-------4---|----------|
G|-------4-------4-|----1-----|
D|-----------------|----------|
A|-2---------------|----------|
E|-----------------|0---------|
learned much from both of their styles.

  Chorus:
  D                A
  Q   E E H        Q   E E H    
e|-2-------2-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----3-----------|----2-----------|
G|-------2---------|------2---------|
D|-0---------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
Son of a son,    Son of a son

         
  A                E
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   3/4 
e|-0-------0-------|0---------------|
B|-----0-------0---|----------------|
G|-------1-------1-|----1-----------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-0---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
Son of a son of a sailor

  D                A
  Q   E E H        Q   E E H    
e|-2-------2-------|0-------0-------|
B|-----3-----------|----2-----------|
G|-------2---------|------2---------|
D|-0---------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
Son of a gun, Load the last ton

  A                E
  Q   E E Q   E E  Q   3/4 
e|-0-------0-------|0---------------|
B|-----0-------0---|----------------|
G|-------1-------1-|----1-----------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-0---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|0---------------|
One step ahead of the jailor

Verse:
    E
Now way in the near future,
D         A     E
Southeast of disorder
        A                        E
You can shake the hand of the mango man
      B                 E        
As he greets you at the border
        E
And the lady she hails from trinidad,
D      A      E
Island of the spices
A                       E
Salt for your meat, and cinnamon sweet
        B                        E        
And the rum is for all your good vices.

Bridge:
D                       A
Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind
                                  E        
That our fore-fathers harnessed before us
D                          A
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings
                         E       
It's a son of a gun of a chorus

Solo:
D, A, E
D, A, E 

Verse:
    E
Now where it all ends, I can't fathom my friends
     D            A           E
If I knew I might toss out my anchor
A                           E
So I'll cruise along always searching for songs
      B                    E       
Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker

Chorus:
D                   A
But a son of a son, son of a son
                  E     
Son of a son of a sailor
D             A
Son of a gun, load the last ton
                      E       
One step ahead of the jailor

Outro:
D                        A
I'm just a son of a son, son of a son
                  E        
Son of a son of a sailor
    D                        A
The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains
                                E        
I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer