A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by
Jimmy Buffett

1974Country1.3K views

Key: G major•

Intro 1

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C

C

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C

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Verse 1

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Mother, mother ocean,

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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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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few have ever seen

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Most of 'em dream,

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most of 'em dream

Verse 3

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Yes, I am a pirate, two 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 over-forty victim of fate

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Arriving too late,

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ar riving too late

Verse 4

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I've donе a bit of smugglin',

I've run my share of grass

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I made еnough money to buy Miami,

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but I pissed it away so fast

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Never meant to last,

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never meant to last

Verse 5

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And I have been drunk now

for over two weeks

I passed out and I rallied

and I sprung a few leaks

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But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'

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Down to rock bottom a gain

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Just a few friends,

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just a few friends

Solo 1

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C

C

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G

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Am

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Verse 6

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I go for younger women,

lived with several awhile

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Though I ran 'em away,

they'd come back one day

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Still could manage to smile

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Just takes a while,

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just takes a while

Outro 1

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Mother, mother ocean,

after all the years I've found

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My occupational hazard being

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my occupation's just not a round

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I feel like I've drowned,

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gonna head up town

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I feel like I've drowned,

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gonna head up town

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C

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG C Am Bm

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