Chords for Dear Jimmy Buffett, Dear Matt Hoggatt

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 _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [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 _
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[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 _
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_ Let me hear it _
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[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 _
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[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
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_ _ 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
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_ _ _ [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 _
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So let's talk about [E] that record [F#] deal _ _
[B] While you're here _ _
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Matt Hagen _ _ _ _ _
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