A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by
Jack Johnson
Dave Matthews
Tim Reynolds

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Key: G major

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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Wanted to sail upon your waters
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Since I was three feet tall
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'Cause you've seen it all,
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you've seen it all

Verse 2
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Watched the men who rode you
Switch from sails to steam
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And in your belly you hold the treasures
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That few have ever seen
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Most of 'em dreams
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Most of 'em dreams

Solo 1

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Verse 3
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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 nothin' to plunder
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I'm an under-forty victim of fate
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Arriving too late, arriving too late

Verse 4
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I've done a bit of smugglin'
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

Solo 2

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Verse 5
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Well I  have been drunk now,
for over two weeks
I've passed out and I rallied,
and I sprung a few leaks
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But I've got to stop wishin',
I've got to go fishin'
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Down to rock bottom again
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Just a few friends,
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just a few friends
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D D 
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Just a few friends,
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just a few friends

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