Captain Jack chords by
Billy Joel

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Key: F major

Intro 1

F

Bb

F

Bb

Verse 1
F F 
 
Saturday night
Bb Bb 
 
and you're still hangin' around
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Tired of living in your one horse town
F F 
 
You'd like to find a little
Bdim Bdim 
 
Bb Bb 
 
hole   in the ground
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
For a while
F F 
 
So you go to the village
Bb Bb 
 
in your tie-dye jeans
F F 
 
And you stare at the junkies
Bb Bb 
 
and the closet queens
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It's like some pornographic magazine
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
And you smile

Chorus 1

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you high tonight

G

D

Bm

C

And take you to your special is land

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

G

D

Bm

C

Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'

Interlude 1

F

Bb

Oh yeah

F

Bb

Verse 2
F F 
 
Your sister's gone out,
Bb Bb 
 
she's on a date
F F 
 
You just sit at home
Bb Bb 
 
and masturbate
F F 
 
Your phone is gonna ring soon
Bb Bb 
 
But you just can't wait
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
For that call
F F 
 
So you stand on the corner
Bb Bb 
 
in your New English clothes
F F 
 
And you look so polished
Bb Bb 
 
from your hair down to your toes
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Ah but still your fingers gonna pick your nose
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
After all

Chorus 2

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you high tonight

G

D

Bm

C

And take you to your special is land

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

G

D

Bm

C

Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'

Interlude 2

F

Bb

Oh yeah

F

Bb

Verse 3
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
So you decide to take a   holiday
F F 
 
You got your tape deck
Bb Bb 
 
and your brand new Chevrolet
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Ah, there ain't no place to go  anyway
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
What for?
F F 
 
So you got everything,
Bb Bb 
 
ah, but nothing's cool
F F 
 
They just found your father
Bb Bb 
 
in the swimming pool
F F 
 
And you guess you won't be going
Bb Bb 
 
back to school
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Anymore

Chorus 3

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you high tonight

G

D

Bm

C

And take you to your special is land

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

G

D

Bm

C

Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'

Interlude 3

F

Bb

Oh yeah

F

Bb

Verse 4
F F 
 
So you play your albums,
Bb Bb 
 
and you smoke your pot
F F 
 
And you meet your girlfriend
Bb Bb 
 
in the parking lot
F F 
 
Oh but still you're aching
Bb Bb 
 
for the things you haven't got
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
What went wrong
F F 
 
And if you can't understand
Bb Bb 
 
why your world is so dead
F F 
 
Why you've got to keep in style
Bb Bb 
 
and feed your head
F F 
 
Well you're 21 and still
Bb Bb 
 
your mother makes your bed
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
And that's too long

Chorus 4

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you high tonight

G

D

Bm

C

And take you to your special is land

G

D

Bm

C

D

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

G

D

Bm

C

Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'

Chorus 5
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
And take you to your special is land
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'
[Repeat and fade]

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