Chords for Dear Jimmy Buffett, Dear Matt Hoggatt
Tempo:
154.3 bpm
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B
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E
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G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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You never know what's going to happen in this crazy business, and [G#] that's what I love about it and
Some of you may have [A] seen this story [N] up on the internet recently
And there's a young man who comes from down where I grew up on the Gulf Coast from Goche, Mississippi
Where he is detective of the Goche Police Department?
He's promised me that he's not carrying his piece tonight, so we're good
but Matt Hoggett won the
American Songwriter Magazine
a songwriter of the year with a song that he wrote and I happen to be the subject matter of that song so I
Heard it and I liked it so much.
We invited Matt to come travel down
I-10
over to Tallahassee
Please give a great Florida welcome to miss detective Matt Hoggett right here
[Bm]
[F#] Now we [G] did this the other night in [C#] Birmingham, and it's [D#] it's the first time Matt had played to an audience [Cm] this large
[C#] But [G] so where did you play before [N] that where were you before that man?
I was over the tiki and Goche, Mississippi the tiki [G] bar in Goche
[G#] [E]
Well when I grew up [D] down there there were no [B] tiki bars in Goche so things are [A#] getting better and
[N] He went from there to this so I'd like to
Treat you to a delight here and let Matt sing this song the one in the American Songwriter Magazine
Contest and I was so taken by it that I had to [D] respond to it in some way so we thought we'd do it [A] tonight
for you here and
Welcome to Florida man.
[F] Thank you.
Is he not [N] the coolest guy ever?
Thanks, thanks to Jimmy for opening up for me
[B]
Got some family here tonight.
Thank y'all for coming
I got a [F#] friend of mine that even called in sick on his first [B] day of the job
[G#] [B]
Well dear Jimmy Buffett.
[F#] I wrote you this song.
I hope that you like how it goes
You see for [B] 20 years now.
I've studied your music there in a [F#] damn song.
I [B] don't know
[G#m] And I grew up like you [F#] in the Mississippi sand [B] and followed your
every [G#] move
[F#] [B] No, sir.
I'm not a stalker.
[G#] I'm just a songwriter
[B] Trying [C#] to make it [B] like you
[G#m] Cuz you got those planes
[F#] restaurant [B] chains
tequila and land [G#m] shark beer
[B] Well dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [C#] a record [B] deal this year
Let me hear it
[G#] [B]
Glad I didn't write a song about the IRS or I'd be in their office right now
[G#] [B]
Well, you told us all the drum in the blender is how [C#] every Monday [B] should start
In every room in my house [F#] has a copy
songs, you know [B] by heart
No, [G#m] sir.
I'm not a sailor, but I [F#] feel like one now
[B] Cuz you put my heart [G#m] in the sea
[B] Yeah, but you must have learned something.
I never did that made you [C#]
more money [B] than me
[G#m] Cuz you got those planes
[F#] restaurant [B] chains
tequila and land [F#] shark beer
[B] Well, dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [G#] a record deal [B] this year
[F#] [B] Sing along if you know it [G#m] cuz you got those planes
[F#] t-shirts and keychains [B] and
Margaritaville
[E] Underwear, she's got a pair
[B] Yeah, but dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure [G#] use a record [B] deal this year
Yeah, why don't we [G#] get drunk in [B] Tallahassee?
Jimmy
[F#] Thank
[B] [G#]
you [B]
[N]
very much
Matt Hagen
[B]
now is that inspiring or what?
Huh?
[F#]
[B]
So I wrote Matt back
[F#] And this is what I said
[B]
I'll put it in a song
Hey Matt Hagen, [E] you got my [B]
attention with your [F#] winning songwriter, too
[B]
You were all over Facebook [E] Google [B] and Twitter and you just [F#] might be more [B] famous soon
So [E] I figured I needed [F#] to get you this message
[B] Cuz fame sometimes doesn't [E] last long
[B] And I did it the way [E] we both [B] knows the best one [F#] I put it all down in this song
[B]
Here's the advice man
Matt back when I started there was no big secret.
I
Was digging [F#] for oysters [B] and pearls
It wasn't the [E] fame.
It wasn't [B] the money
It was simply [F#] about meeting [B] cute girl
Whoa [E] luck and hard work [F#] and a little bit of talent [B] I'd say that those [E] are the keys
[B] and
You never stop dreaming
[E] You never [B] stop scheming and I hope that [F#] you're as lucky [B] as me.
I am
[E] Yes, I've got those flames
[F#] Restaurant change [B] and I live through a stage [E] fall last year
[B] Dear Matt Hagen, [F#] I did [B] hear you calling and your message [F#] was perfectly [B] clear
[E] Well, I've got my plane
[F#] Interest there are change.
I [B] wanna buy you a cold [E] and shark beer
I'll take two
[B] And dear Matt Hagen, [E] I did hear [B] your cool song and buddy, [F#] that's how you [B] got here
So let's talk about [E] that record [F#] deal
[B] While you're here
[N]
Matt Hagen
Some of you may have [A] seen this story [N] up on the internet recently
And there's a young man who comes from down where I grew up on the Gulf Coast from Goche, Mississippi
Where he is detective of the Goche Police Department?
He's promised me that he's not carrying his piece tonight, so we're good
but Matt Hoggett won the
American Songwriter Magazine
a songwriter of the year with a song that he wrote and I happen to be the subject matter of that song so I
Heard it and I liked it so much.
We invited Matt to come travel down
I-10
over to Tallahassee
Please give a great Florida welcome to miss detective Matt Hoggett right here
[Bm]
[F#] Now we [G] did this the other night in [C#] Birmingham, and it's [D#] it's the first time Matt had played to an audience [Cm] this large
[C#] But [G] so where did you play before [N] that where were you before that man?
I was over the tiki and Goche, Mississippi the tiki [G] bar in Goche
[G#] [E]
Well when I grew up [D] down there there were no [B] tiki bars in Goche so things are [A#] getting better and
[N] He went from there to this so I'd like to
Treat you to a delight here and let Matt sing this song the one in the American Songwriter Magazine
Contest and I was so taken by it that I had to [D] respond to it in some way so we thought we'd do it [A] tonight
for you here and
Welcome to Florida man.
[F] Thank you.
Is he not [N] the coolest guy ever?
Thanks, thanks to Jimmy for opening up for me
[B]
Got some family here tonight.
Thank y'all for coming
I got a [F#] friend of mine that even called in sick on his first [B] day of the job
[G#] [B]
Well dear Jimmy Buffett.
[F#] I wrote you this song.
I hope that you like how it goes
You see for [B] 20 years now.
I've studied your music there in a [F#] damn song.
I [B] don't know
[G#m] And I grew up like you [F#] in the Mississippi sand [B] and followed your
every [G#] move
[F#] [B] No, sir.
I'm not a stalker.
[G#] I'm just a songwriter
[B] Trying [C#] to make it [B] like you
[G#m] Cuz you got those planes
[F#] restaurant [B] chains
tequila and land [G#m] shark beer
[B] Well dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [C#] a record [B] deal this year
Let me hear it
[G#] [B]
Glad I didn't write a song about the IRS or I'd be in their office right now
[G#] [B]
Well, you told us all the drum in the blender is how [C#] every Monday [B] should start
In every room in my house [F#] has a copy
songs, you know [B] by heart
No, [G#m] sir.
I'm not a sailor, but I [F#] feel like one now
[B] Cuz you put my heart [G#m] in the sea
[B] Yeah, but you must have learned something.
I never did that made you [C#]
more money [B] than me
[G#m] Cuz you got those planes
[F#] restaurant [B] chains
tequila and land [F#] shark beer
[B] Well, dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [G#] a record deal [B] this year
[F#] [B] Sing along if you know it [G#m] cuz you got those planes
[F#] t-shirts and keychains [B] and
Margaritaville
[E] Underwear, she's got a pair
[B] Yeah, but dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure [G#] use a record [B] deal this year
Yeah, why don't we [G#] get drunk in [B] Tallahassee?
Jimmy
[F#] Thank
[B] [G#]
you [B]
[N]
very much
Matt Hagen
[B]
now is that inspiring or what?
Huh?
[F#]
[B]
So I wrote Matt back
[F#] And this is what I said
[B]
I'll put it in a song
Hey Matt Hagen, [E] you got my [B]
attention with your [F#] winning songwriter, too
[B]
You were all over Facebook [E] Google [B] and Twitter and you just [F#] might be more [B] famous soon
So [E] I figured I needed [F#] to get you this message
[B] Cuz fame sometimes doesn't [E] last long
[B] And I did it the way [E] we both [B] knows the best one [F#] I put it all down in this song
[B]
Here's the advice man
Matt back when I started there was no big secret.
I
Was digging [F#] for oysters [B] and pearls
It wasn't the [E] fame.
It wasn't [B] the money
It was simply [F#] about meeting [B] cute girl
Whoa [E] luck and hard work [F#] and a little bit of talent [B] I'd say that those [E] are the keys
[B] and
You never stop dreaming
[E] You never [B] stop scheming and I hope that [F#] you're as lucky [B] as me.
I am
[E] Yes, I've got those flames
[F#] Restaurant change [B] and I live through a stage [E] fall last year
[B] Dear Matt Hagen, [F#] I did [B] hear you calling and your message [F#] was perfectly [B] clear
[E] Well, I've got my plane
[F#] Interest there are change.
I [B] wanna buy you a cold [E] and shark beer
I'll take two
[B] And dear Matt Hagen, [E] I did hear [B] your cool song and buddy, [F#] that's how you [B] got here
So let's talk about [E] that record [F#] deal
[B] While you're here
[N]
Matt Hagen
Key:
B
F#
E
G#
G#m
B
F#
E
You never know what's going to happen in this crazy business, and [G#] that's what I love about it and _
Some of you may have [A] seen this story [N] up on the internet recently
And there's a young man who comes from down where I grew up on the Gulf Coast from Goche, Mississippi
Where he is detective _ of the Goche Police Department? _ _
He's promised me that he's not carrying his piece tonight, so we're good _ _
but Matt Hoggett won the
_ _ American Songwriter Magazine
a _ songwriter of the year with a song that he wrote and I happen to be the subject matter of that song so I
_ Heard it and I liked it so much.
We invited Matt to come _ travel down
I-10 _ _
over to Tallahassee _
_ Please give a great Florida welcome to miss detective Matt Hoggett right here _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] _ Now we [G] did this the other night in [C#] Birmingham, and it's [D#] it's the first time Matt had played to an audience [Cm] this large
[C#] But [G] so where did you play before [N] that where were you before that man?
I was over the tiki and Goche, Mississippi the tiki [G] bar in Goche
_ [G#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Well when I grew up [D] down there there were no [B] tiki bars in Goche so things are [A#] getting better and
_ [N] He went from there to this so I'd like to
Treat you to a delight here and let Matt sing this song the one in the American Songwriter Magazine
_ _ Contest and I was so taken by it that I had to [D] respond to it in some way so we thought we'd do it [A] tonight
for you here and
_ Welcome to Florida man.
[F] Thank you.
Is he not [N] the coolest guy ever? _ _ _ _
Thanks, thanks to Jimmy for opening up for me
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Got some family here tonight.
Thank y'all for coming _
I got a [F#] friend of mine that even called in sick on his first [B] day of the job _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ Well dear Jimmy Buffett.
[F#] I wrote you this song.
I hope that you like how it goes
_ You see for [B] 20 years now.
I've studied your music there in a [F#] damn song.
I [B] don't know _
_ _ [G#m] And I grew up like you [F#] in the Mississippi sand [B] and followed your
every [G#] _ move
[F#] _ _ [B] No, sir.
I'm not a stalker.
[G#] I'm just a _ songwriter
[B] _ Trying [C#] to make it [B] like you _
_ _ [G#m] Cuz you got those planes
[F#] _ restaurant _ [B] chains
tequila and land [G#m] shark beer _
_ _ [B] Well dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [C#] a record [B] deal this year _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let me hear it _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ Glad I didn't write a song about the IRS or I'd be in their office right _ now _
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ Well, you told us all the drum in the blender _ is how [C#] every Monday [B] should start _
_ _ _ In every room in my house [F#] has a copy
_ _ songs, you know [B] by heart _
_ No, [G#m] sir.
I'm not a sailor, but I [F#] feel like one now
[B] Cuz you put my heart [G#m] in the sea _
_ [B] Yeah, but you must have learned something.
I never did that made you [C#]
more money [B] than me _
_ _ [G#m] Cuz you got those planes
_ [F#] _ restaurant _ [B] chains
tequila and land [F#] shark beer
_ _ [B] Well, dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [G#] a record deal [B] this year _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ Sing along if you know it [G#m] cuz you got those planes
[F#] t-shirts and _ keychains [B] and _
_ Margaritaville
[E] Underwear, she's got a pair
_ [B] Yeah, but dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure [G#] use a record [B] deal this year
_ _ Yeah, why don't we [G#] get drunk in _ [B] Tallahassee? _
Jimmy
[F#] _ Thank _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G#] _ _
you _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ very much _ _ _ _ _
_ Matt Hagen _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ now is that inspiring or what?
Huh?
_ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So I wrote Matt back _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ And this is what I said
[B] _ _ _ _
I'll put it in a song _ _
_ Hey Matt Hagen, [E] you got my [B]
attention with your [F#] winning _ songwriter, too
[B] _ _
_ You were all over Facebook [E] _ Google [B] and Twitter and you just [F#] might be more [B] famous soon _
_ So [E] I figured I needed [F#] to get you this message
[B] Cuz fame _ sometimes doesn't [E] last long
_ _ [B] And I did it the way [E] we both [B] knows the best one [F#] I put it all down in this song
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here's the advice man _ _ _
_ _ Matt back when I started there was no big secret. _ _ _
_ _ I
Was digging [F#] for oysters [B] and pearls
_ _ It wasn't the [E] fame.
It wasn't [B] the money
It was simply [F#] about meeting [B] cute girl
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Whoa [E] luck and hard work [F#] and a little bit of talent [B] I'd say that those [E] are the keys _
_ _ [B] and
You never stop dreaming
[E] You never [B] stop scheming and I hope that [F#] you're as lucky [B] as me.
I am
_ [E] Yes, I've got those flames
[F#] _ Restaurant _ change [B] and I live through a stage [E] fall last year
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Dear Matt Hagen, [F#] I did [B] hear you calling and your message [F#] was perfectly [B] clear _
_ _ [E] Well, I've got my plane
[F#] Interest there are change.
I [B] wanna buy you a cold [E] and shark beer _
_ _ _ _ I'll take two
_ [B] And dear Matt Hagen, _ [E] I did hear [B] your cool song and buddy, [F#] that's how you [B] got here _
_ _ _ _ _ _
So let's talk about [E] that record [F#] deal _ _
[B] While you're here _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Matt Hagen _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Some of you may have [A] seen this story [N] up on the internet recently
And there's a young man who comes from down where I grew up on the Gulf Coast from Goche, Mississippi
Where he is detective _ of the Goche Police Department? _ _
He's promised me that he's not carrying his piece tonight, so we're good _ _
but Matt Hoggett won the
_ _ American Songwriter Magazine
a _ songwriter of the year with a song that he wrote and I happen to be the subject matter of that song so I
_ Heard it and I liked it so much.
We invited Matt to come _ travel down
I-10 _ _
over to Tallahassee _
_ Please give a great Florida welcome to miss detective Matt Hoggett right here _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] _ Now we [G] did this the other night in [C#] Birmingham, and it's [D#] it's the first time Matt had played to an audience [Cm] this large
[C#] But [G] so where did you play before [N] that where were you before that man?
I was over the tiki and Goche, Mississippi the tiki [G] bar in Goche
_ [G#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Well when I grew up [D] down there there were no [B] tiki bars in Goche so things are [A#] getting better and
_ [N] He went from there to this so I'd like to
Treat you to a delight here and let Matt sing this song the one in the American Songwriter Magazine
_ _ Contest and I was so taken by it that I had to [D] respond to it in some way so we thought we'd do it [A] tonight
for you here and
_ Welcome to Florida man.
[F] Thank you.
Is he not [N] the coolest guy ever? _ _ _ _
Thanks, thanks to Jimmy for opening up for me
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Got some family here tonight.
Thank y'all for coming _
I got a [F#] friend of mine that even called in sick on his first [B] day of the job _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ Well dear Jimmy Buffett.
[F#] I wrote you this song.
I hope that you like how it goes
_ You see for [B] 20 years now.
I've studied your music there in a [F#] damn song.
I [B] don't know _
_ _ [G#m] And I grew up like you [F#] in the Mississippi sand [B] and followed your
every [G#] _ move
[F#] _ _ [B] No, sir.
I'm not a stalker.
[G#] I'm just a _ songwriter
[B] _ Trying [C#] to make it [B] like you _
_ _ [G#m] Cuz you got those planes
[F#] _ restaurant _ [B] chains
tequila and land [G#m] shark beer _
_ _ [B] Well dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [C#] a record [B] deal this year _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let me hear it _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ Glad I didn't write a song about the IRS or I'd be in their office right _ now _
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ Well, you told us all the drum in the blender _ is how [C#] every Monday [B] should start _
_ _ _ In every room in my house [F#] has a copy
_ _ songs, you know [B] by heart _
_ No, [G#m] sir.
I'm not a sailor, but I [F#] feel like one now
[B] Cuz you put my heart [G#m] in the sea _
_ [B] Yeah, but you must have learned something.
I never did that made you [C#]
more money [B] than me _
_ _ [G#m] Cuz you got those planes
_ [F#] _ restaurant _ [B] chains
tequila and land [F#] shark beer
_ _ [B] Well, dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure use [G#] a record deal [B] this year _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ Sing along if you know it [G#m] cuz you got those planes
[F#] t-shirts and _ keychains [B] and _
_ Margaritaville
[E] Underwear, she's got a pair
_ [B] Yeah, but dear Jimmy Buffett if you're hearing this song I could sure [G#] use a record [B] deal this year
_ _ Yeah, why don't we [G#] get drunk in _ [B] Tallahassee? _
Jimmy
[F#] _ Thank _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G#] _ _
you _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ very much _ _ _ _ _
_ Matt Hagen _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ now is that inspiring or what?
Huh?
_ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So I wrote Matt back _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ And this is what I said
[B] _ _ _ _
I'll put it in a song _ _
_ Hey Matt Hagen, [E] you got my [B]
attention with your [F#] winning _ songwriter, too
[B] _ _
_ You were all over Facebook [E] _ Google [B] and Twitter and you just [F#] might be more [B] famous soon _
_ So [E] I figured I needed [F#] to get you this message
[B] Cuz fame _ sometimes doesn't [E] last long
_ _ [B] And I did it the way [E] we both [B] knows the best one [F#] I put it all down in this song
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here's the advice man _ _ _
_ _ Matt back when I started there was no big secret. _ _ _
_ _ I
Was digging [F#] for oysters [B] and pearls
_ _ It wasn't the [E] fame.
It wasn't [B] the money
It was simply [F#] about meeting [B] cute girl
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Whoa [E] luck and hard work [F#] and a little bit of talent [B] I'd say that those [E] are the keys _
_ _ [B] and
You never stop dreaming
[E] You never [B] stop scheming and I hope that [F#] you're as lucky [B] as me.
I am
_ [E] Yes, I've got those flames
[F#] _ Restaurant _ change [B] and I live through a stage [E] fall last year
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Dear Matt Hagen, [F#] I did [B] hear you calling and your message [F#] was perfectly [B] clear _
_ _ [E] Well, I've got my plane
[F#] Interest there are change.
I [B] wanna buy you a cold [E] and shark beer _
_ _ _ _ I'll take two
_ [B] And dear Matt Hagen, _ [E] I did hear [B] your cool song and buddy, [F#] that's how you [B] got here _
_ _ _ _ _ _
So let's talk about [E] that record [F#] deal _ _
[B] While you're here _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Matt Hagen _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _