A Pirate Looks at Forty (iTunes Originals Version) chords by Jack Johnson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Mother, mother ocean,
well I have heard you call
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Am
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Wanted to sail upon your waters
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since I was three feet tall
'Cause you've seen it all,
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D
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you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you
switch from sails to steam
C
And in your belly you hold the treasures
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that few have ever seen
Am
Most of 'em dreams,
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most of 'em dreams
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Interlude 1
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Am
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Verse 2
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Yes, I am a pirate,
a few hundred years too late
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The cannons don't thunder,
there's nothing to plunder
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I'm an under- forty victim of fate
Am
D
Arriving too late, arriving too late
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Verse 3
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I've done a bit of smuggling,
I've run my share of weed
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And I've made enough money to buy Miami,
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but I pissed it away so fast
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It's never meant to last,
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it's never meant to last
Interlude 2
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Am
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Verse 4
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Well, I have been drunk now
for over two weeks
I've passed out and I've rallied and
I've sprung a few leaks
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Am
But I've gotta stop wishing,
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I've gotta go fishing
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Down to rock bottom again
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With just a few friends,
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with just a few friends
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With just a few friends,
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with just a few friends
Outro 1
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A Pirate Looks at Forty (iTunes Originals Version)
Jack Johnson
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