Mailbox Money Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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Sweet water hidden river [D] flows right by my place
Life's slow fish is [C] good.
That's how I spend my days.
I got a sun-brown local lady
[D] She hails from Bonsacour.
She makes the best fried shrimp and collard [C] greens called rosé [G] is her pour
[F] By now you [G] must be wondering how I earn my pay
[F] I write [G] words in music, [D] in fact I write them every day
[G] _ [Gm] Mailbox money [D] been so good to me
When my ship comes sailing in [C] I feel like [G] royalty
That old song just keeps playing [D] from sea to [B] shining sea
[D] That mailbox money [C] sure been [D] good me
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ The postman starts his outboard [D] cuz we'll get our mail by boat
That song I began in 81 [C] still keeps our [G] world afloat
If it wasn't for the radio [F] and those parrot-headed [G] fans
I'd have to get a day gig which [D] would surely spoil [E] my plans
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Mailbox money
[D] Been so good to me
When my ship comes sailing in [C] I feel like [G] royalty
They still hum that melody [D] from France to Newfoundland _ _
Mailbox money [C] made me what [D] I am
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_ Put it in the mailbox _ _ _
_ Put it in the mailbox
Now the postman he retired [D] two or three years back
Now he fishes every day [C] and I take up the slack
[G] I loaf that 15-foot B-Row [Bm] or U.S. [D] mailboat down
Jumpstart my Johnson [C] and spread the love [G] around
[F] Shun mail bills [G] and birthday cards on [F] the last boat that [G] remains
I'm a one-man crew, but I still get through [D] those floods and hurricanes
_ [C] _ [G] Mailbox money
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Down [B]
in LA [Em] that's how our mail arrives
[A]
Drop us a line at zip code _ [D] 36555 _
_ _ _ I [G] love that mailbox money [D] from sea to shining sea
Nothing else comes close to stacking [C] up except a full moon [G] jubilee
Gigging big fat [D] flounders with jimbo and slack tight
_ Mailbox money [C] sure seems [G] bonafide
That old song just keeps playing [D] from sea to shining sea
_ Mailbox money [C] sure [D] been good to me
[G] _
_ _ _ It keeps calling me
_ _ _ What a hope I've missed this been
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_ _ _ _ All our jingles
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_ _ I'm
I _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ don't be a [D] star
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