A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by The Hit Crew
Verse 1
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Mother,
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Mother Ocean,
I have heard you call
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I've 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.
What's the better road
you switch from sails to steam?
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And in your belly,
hold the treasures
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few have ever seen
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Most of them dreams,
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most of them dreams
Yes, I am a pirate,
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two hundred years too late
There's nothing to ponder,
I'm an over -forty victim of fate
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Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smuggling,
I've run my share of crime
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I made enough money to buy my end
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I pissed it away so fast,
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never meant to last
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Never meant to last
And I have been drunk now
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for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied
and I sprung a few leaks
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Gotta stop wishin',
gotta go fishin' down
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to rock bottom again
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Just a few friends,
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just a few friends
I'd go for younger women,
live with several a while
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Though I ran away,
and come back one day
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Still couldn't manage to smile
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It just takes a while,
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it just takes a while
Mother, mother ocean,
after all the years I've found
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My occupational hazard being
My occupation's just not around
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I feel like I've drowned
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Gonna head uptown,
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feel like I've drowned
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Gonna head uptown
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You
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