Chords for Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks At Forty 1991

that we've known for a long time.
I haven't seen him now in maybe 15 years. _
Phil Clark was his name.
He was the bartender.
When we were hanging out in Key West,
we first got here.
He was a real pirate.
He was a real pirate.
I mean, he just knew it.
He had that kind of, that kind of breath in those eyes.
_ Phil Clark was the bartender.
And what he basically, his system was that anybody he liked who were locals,
he would always get the tourists that checked in the hotel
pretty gassed up, and then he would charge all of our drinks to them. _
_ _ _ Definitely a pirate.
I love America, you know.
_ _ And he was really that.
And
there was always something going on.
And he was either heading to providenciales.
I mean,
he put words in my vocabulary that later became songs and stories about it.
So he was, I remember seeing him sail away with his girlfriend one day off to some exotic island.
And I was like, God, I wish I could grow up to be a pirate like him.
_ _ And I didn't get to do that,
but it sort of inspired all that old Treasure Island kind of stuff.
You know, I was always a
young Jim Hawkins fan from way back.
And Phil Clark died about 10 years ago.
Oh, that's why.
Yeah, [G] he hadn't been around.
Well, but there's a happy ending to this story.
_ _ _ Well, I mean, if you hadn't told me that, I'd think he's still around.
I mean, I was waiting.
Every time I go to Key West, I look around.
Well, I tell you what, if you'd like to see Phil,
I mean, in a way that's true, because his ashes are in an urn atop the Full Moon Saloon cash
register.
All right.
Yeah.
And they brought him back there and they put half of it.
I have seen
it.
_ _ He would laugh at this.
Believe [Dm] _
this [Bb] _ _ [N] _ _ song was it's become, I guess it's truly one of my
favorites.
And most people that have been with this music [G] for all these years, it seems to be
their favorite to guess.
We all wanted to grow up, be pirates at some point.
And we'll get to
that part about what _ [D] it's not the best economic strategy at all.
But everybody seems to like
to sort of snarl that line out.
So you're welcome.
You know what I'm talking [G] about. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] Mother, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
mother ocean, _ _ _ I have heard you call.
_ _ [C] Wanted to sail upon your waters
since I was three feet [G]
tall.
You've seen it [A] all.
_ [G] _ _
You've seen it all. _ _ _ _
_ _ Watch the man who rode you _ _ switch from sail to steam. _ _
[C] In your belly you can hold the treasures
you have ever [G] seen.
Most of [A]
dreams, _ _ [D] _ most [G] of dreams.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Yes, I am a pirate.
_ _ 200 years too late.
_ [C] Cannons don't thunder.
There's nothing to plunder.
I'm an over 40 [G] victim of fate.
Writhing [Am] too late.
_ [G] _ _
_ Writhing too late. _ _ _
_ _ I've done a bit of smuggling. _
_ I've run my share of grass. _ _
[C] Made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away [G] so fast.
Never meant [Am] to last.
_ [G] _ [D] Never meant [G] to last.
_ _ _ _ Now I have been drunk now for over two weeks.
Passed out and I rallied
and I sprung a few leaks, but [C] I got to stop wishing.
Got to go fishing them down to rock
bottom [G] again.
Just a few [Am] friends.
_ [G] _ _ [C]
Just a few [G] friends.
Play it Mr.
Taylor.
Yeah. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
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This is Fingers' favorite verse. _ _ _ _
_ I go for younger women. _
_ Live with several a while.
[C] Though I ran them away, hey, they'd come back one day and they still can [G] manage a smile.
Just takes [Am] a while.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] Just [G] takes a [C] while.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Mother, mother ocean, _ after all my [C] years [G] I found.
_ _ [D] _ _ Occupational hazard [C] being my occupation's just not [G] around.
Feel like I've [C] drowned,
but [G] _
I won't wear frown. _ _ _
Feel like [Am] I've drowned _ [G] _ _ when I get drunk uptown. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _