We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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[D] I [G] was supposed to have been a Jesuit, a three-star, [C] a Naval Academy [G] grad. _ _
_ [C] That was the way that [G] my parents perceived [A] me.
Those were the plans that [D] they had. _
[C] But I couldn't fit the part, [G] too dumb or too smart.
[C] Ain't it funny [G] how it all [D] turned out?
I [C] guess we are [G] the people our parents [D] _ warned us [G] _ about.
_ [C] _ [Am] _ You [G] know, I could have worked the rigs when the money was bigger.
[C] Hopped a freighter south of [G] Trinidad.
_ And [C] when they tried to draft me, I [G] earned a college degree.
[A] My time rolled, things were not [D] so bad.
But [C] then I got a guitar, [G] found a job in a bar,
[C] played acid [Bm] rock loud.
[D] And then, _ [C] tell me where are [G] the flashbacks they [D] all warned us [G] would come?
We [D] are the people.
[G] _ _ [D] They couldn't [G] figure out.
_ _ _ We [D] are the people.
[Em] _ [D] Our parents [G] warned us about.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] Hey, [G] hey, Gardner McCabe.
[D] Take us [C] on the Leaky [G] Tiki with you.
_ [C] [D] Clear [G] skies bound for Shanghai.
[D] Sailing [C] across the ocean [G] blue.
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[F#] So [G] blue.
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Now I [G] got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation when [C] it only used to take its [G] end. _
[C] Sometimes I wish I was back in my [G] crash pad [A] days.
Before I knew what cash [D] flow meant. _
_ [C] _ Seems everybody's jogging or [G] heavy in the hell shit.
[C] Don't tell me [G] that I ought to [D] get a ralph.
Cause I [C] love Cajun _ [G] martinis and playing [D] _ _ afternoon [G] golf.
We [D] are the people.
_ [G] _ [D] _ If there's any [G] doubt. _ _ _ _
We [D] are the people.
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Still can't [G] figure out.
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We [D] are the people.
_ [G] _ [D] _ Love to sing, [G] twist and shout.
[Dm] Shake it [G] up baby.
We [D] are the people.
_ [G] _ [D] Our parents warned [G] us about.
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Isn't any doubt.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] [D] Hey, hey, [G] hey.
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Gardner McCabe.
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ I want [D] to sail away [G] today.
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Isn't [G] any doubt.
_ [C] _ _ [G] They warned us about.
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