Chords for Jimmy Buffett and Sarah McLachlan - A Pirate Looks At 40

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This one goes out to Joni Mitchell [Am] and I taught me to play [G] an open G so I got a lot of Canadian influence. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Mother, mother of ocean, _ _ I have heard you call.
_ _ [C] Wanted to sail upon your [G] waters since I was three feet tall.
You see [A] love, [Am] _ _ [G] _ you see love.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Watch the men enrode you, _ _ switch from sail to sting. _ _
[C] In your belly you can hold the treasures you have [G] ever seen.
Most of the [Am] stream, _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
most of the stream.
Sing along.
_ Yes _ _ I am a pirate, _ _ _ 200 years too late. _
_ [C] Can't stop, there's nothing to plunder.
I'm an over 40, we're from [G] the bay. _
[Am] Arriving too late, _ _ [G] _ _ [Am]
arriving.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ But _ I've done a bit of smuggling. _
_ I've won my share of rest. _
[C] I've made enough money to buy Miami but I've been steal away [G] so fast.
Never meant [Am] to lie, _ _ [G] _ [Am] never meant [G] to lie.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ I have been drunk and down for over juice.
I passed out and I'm out again, I've slung a few leaves.
[C] I've got a starfish, I've got a goldfish and now you're walking _ [G] again.
Just a [Am] few friends, _ _ [G] _ _ [Am]
just a few [G] friends.
Thank you my friends and relatives. _
I _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ called for younger women, _ give me several of wine.
[C] Though I ran away, hell they come back one day.
And they still could [G] manage a smile.
It just [Am] takes a while, _ _ [G] _ [Am] it just [G] takes a while. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Mother, mother ocean. _
_ After all my years I've found.
_ My [C] occupational _ hazard bill.
My occupation's just [G] not around.
I feel like [Am] I've drowned.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] But I won't wear [G] a frown.
_ _ Hmm, I feel like [Am] I've drowned.
_ [G] _ I think I could get in trouble in this barren town, I want to tell you all. _ _ _ _
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ Sam McLaughlin, what do you