G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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_ _ _ Mother, mother ocean, _ _ _ I have heard you call.
_ _ _
C Wanted to sail upon your water since I was three
G feet tall.
You've
Am seen it all, _
G _ .
_ _
Am you've seen
G it all _ .
_ _ _ _ _ Watched the man who rode you _ switch from sails to steam.
_
C In your belly you hold the treasures you have ever
G seen.
Most
Am of them dream, _ .
_
Bm _ _
Am most
G of them dream.
_ Yes, _ _ _ I am a pirate, _ _ two hundred years too late.
_
C The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder.
I'm an over 40 victim
G of fate, arriving
Am too late, _
G _ _ _
Am arriving
G too late.
_ _ _ _ _ I've done a bit of smuggling, _ and I've run my share of grass.
_
C I made enough money to buy _ Miami, but I pissed it away so
G fast.
Never meant
Am to last, _
Bm _
Am never meant
G to last _ _ _ _ _ .
I have been drunk now for over two weeks.
I passed out and I ratted and I sprung a few leaks.
C But I've got to stop, _ got to go
D fishing
C.
down the rock bottom
G again.
Just a
Am few friends, _ _
G _ _
Am just a
G few friends _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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C _ .
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G _ _ _ _
Am _ .
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Bm _ _
Am _ _
G _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ I go for younger women, _ _ live myself a little while.
Though
C I ran away, think I'll come back one day _ .
Still could manage to
G smile, just takes
Am a while, _ _
Bm _
Am just takes
G a while _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Mother, mother ocean, _ after all the years I've found.
_ _
C _ .
_ _ Occupational hazard beast, _ _ occupation
G just not around.
I feel like
Am I've drowned, _ _
G _
Am gone ahead
G of time.
_ I _ feel like
Am I've drowned, _ _
G _
Am gone ahead
G of time.
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Am _ _ _ _
Bm _ _ _
Am _ _ .
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