A Pirate Looks At Forty original guitar chords by
Jimmy Buffett

1974Country1.3K views

Key: G major

Intro 1

G

G

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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G

G

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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G

G

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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G

G

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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Verse 1
G G 
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Mother, mother ocean,
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
Am7 Am7 
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You've seen it all,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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Am7 Am7 
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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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few have ever seen
Am7 Am7 
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Most of 'em dream,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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Am7 Am7 
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G G 
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most  of 'em dream

Verse 3
G G 
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Yes, I am a pirate, two 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 over-forty victim of fate
Am7 Am7 
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Arriving too late,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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Am7 Am7 
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G G 
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arriving too late

Verse 4
G G 
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I've donе a bit of smugglin',
I've run my share of grass
C C 
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I made еnough money to buy Miami,
G G 
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but I pissed it away so fast
Am7 Am7 
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Never meant to last,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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G G 
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never meant to last

Verse 5
G G 
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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
C C 
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But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'
G G 
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Down to rock bottom again
Am7 Am7 
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Just a few friends,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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Am7 Am7 
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G G 
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just  a few friends

Solo 1

G

G

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G

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G

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C

C

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C

C

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C

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G

G

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Am7

Am7

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Bm7

Bm7

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Am7

Am7

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G

G

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G

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Verse 6
G G 
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I  go for younger women,
lived with several awhile
C C 
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Though I ran 'em away,
they'd come back one day
G G 
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Still could manage to smile
Am7 Am7 
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Just takes a while,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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G G 
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just  takes a while

Outro 1
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Mother, mother ocean,
after all the years I've found
C C 
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My occupational hazard being
G G 
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my occupation's just not around
Am7 Am7 
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I feel like I've drowned,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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G G 
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gonna head  uptown
Am7 Am7 
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I feel like I've drowned,
Bm7 Bm7 2
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Am7 Am7 
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G G 
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gonna head  uptown
Am7 Am7 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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Am7 Am7 
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G G 
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C/G C/G 
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G G 
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ChordsG C/G C Am7 Bm7

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C/G
C
Am7
Bm7
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