A Pirate Looks At Forty Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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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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[G] [Am] .
[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.
[Am] [Bm] [Am] .
[G] .
[N] .