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A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett

1974Country
4.6 (14)
Intro 1
C
C
F

C
C
F

C
C
F

C
C
F

Verse 1
C

Mother, mother ocean,

I have heard you call
F

Wanted to sail upon your waters
C

since I was three feet tall
Dm

You've seen it all,
Em
Dm
C

you've seen it all
Verse 2
C

Watched the men who rode you

switch from sails to steam
F

And in your belly, you hold the treasures
C

few have ever seen
Dm

Most of 'em dream,
Em
Dm
C

most of 'em dream
Verse 3
C

Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
F

The cannons don't thunder,

there's nothin' to plunder
C

I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Dm

Arriving too late,
Em
Dm
C

arriving too late
Verse 4
C

I've donе a bit of smugglin',

I've run my share of grass
F

I made еnough money to buy Miami,
C

but I pissed it away so fast
Dm

Never meant to last,
Em
Dm
C

never meant to last
Verse 5
C

And I have been drunk now

for over two weeks

I passed out and I rallied

and I sprung a few leaks
F

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

Down to rock bottom again
Dm

Just a few friends,
Em
Dm
C

just a few friends
Solo 1
C
C
C
C

F
F
F
C

Dm
Em
Dm
C
C

Verse 6
C

I go for younger women,

lived with several awhile
F

Though I ran 'em away,

they'd come back one day
C

Still could manage to smile
Dm

Just takes a while,
Em
Dm
C

just takes a while
Outro 1
C

Mother, mother ocean,

after all the years I've found
F

My occupational hazard being
C

my occupation's just not around
Dm

I feel like I've drowned,
Em
Dm
C

gonna head uptown
Dm

I feel like I've drowned,
Em
Dm
C

gonna head uptown
Dm
Em
Dm

C
F
C

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  • Em

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