Remittance Man Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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[Em] Center on [D] the mainland, [Em] he's a center on [D] the sea.
[Em] He looks [D] for [G] absolution, [Am] not accountability.
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[Em] How many [D] destinations, [Em] oh God, he's [D] seen them all.
[G] He collects [Am] his precious [G] business, [C] never a port [D] of call. _
_ [C] Remittance man, [D] _ [G] black [D] sheep of [Em] the family clan.
Broke too many [D] rules [G] along the [C] way.
[G] _ [C] Remittance man, [D] _ [C] so [D] far away [E] from home.
[Am] No, they'll never [D] understand [G] the remittance [C] man.
[G] _ [Em] Man of empty [D] pockets, [Em] from jingling [D] his chains.
[Em] The [D] idleness [G] and grieving [Am] are all that he [D] retains.
[Em] By the harbor lights [D] of Sydney [Em] or the Bora Bora [D] moon.
He [G] recites [Am] his sad [G] confession [C] to the seagulls and [D] the loon.
_ [C] Remittance man, [D] _
[G] black [D] sheep of [Em] the family clan.
[Am] Broke too many [D] rules [G] along the [C] way.
[G] _ [C] Remittance man, [D] _
[C] so [D] far away [E] from home.
[Am] No, they'll never [D] understand [G] the remittance man.
_ [Bm] Well, you could claim that you were born [Am] a prince.
_ _ [Bm] But you're the only one you can [Am] convince.
_ _ [F] Survivor with no livelihood, [C] that you could ever make it good.
[D] But still you dream [G] of what you can [D] pretend. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] An unexpected [D] passenger, [Em] boarded in [D] Marseille.
[Em] An [D] angel full [G] of tenderness, [Am] she gave her [D] heart away.
[Em] She was but [D] a gypsy, [Em] he was just [D] a stray.
They [G] [Am] almost made [G] a miracle, [C] but it slowly slipped [D] away.
[Em] So he follows the [D] equator, [Em] where they wish to run [D] aground.
[Em] It's a [D] very vicious [G] circle, [Am] going round and round [D] and round.
And [Em] he watches from [D] the fan page, [Em] as the mainland _
[D] disappears.
[G] Just [Am] like the [G] flying Dutchman, [C] he's a prisoner of [D] his fears.
_ [C] Remittance man, [D] _
[G] black [D] sheep of [Em] the family clan.
[Am] Broke too many [D] rules [G] along the [C] way.
[G] _ [C] Remittance [G] man, [D] so _
[C] [D] far away [E] from home.
[Am] No, they'll [G] never [C] understand.
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No, they'll [G] never [C] understand.
[E] [Am] No, they'll [Bm] never [C] understand [D]
[Em] the remittance [D] man.
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