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

2012Folk3.2K views

Key: G major

Intro 1

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

Verse 1
G G 
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Mother, mother ocean,
well I have heard you call
C C 
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Wanted to sail upon your waters
G G 
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Since I was three feet tall
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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'Cause you've seen it all,
G G 
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you've seen it all

Verse 2
G G 
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Watched the men who rode you
Switch from sails to steam
C C 
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And in your belly you hold the treasures
G G 
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That few have ever seen
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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Most of 'em dreams
G G 
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Most of 'em dreams

Solo 1

G

G

G

G

C

C

C

G

Am

D7

G

G

Verse 3
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Yes, I am a pirate
A few hundred years too late
C C 
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The cannons don't thunder
There's nothin' to plunder
G G 
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I'm an under-forty victim of fate
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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G G 
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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
C C 
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And I've made enough money to buy Miami
G G 
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But I pissed it away so fast
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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It's never meant to last,
G G 
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It's never meant to last

Solo 2

G

G

G

G

C

C

C

G

Am

D7

G

G

Verse 5
G G 
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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
C C 
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But I've got to stop wishin',
I've got to go fishin'
G G 
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Down to rock bottom again
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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Just a few friends,
G G 
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just a few friends
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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Just a few friends,
G G 
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just a few friends

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