Key: F major
Intro 1
F#
B
F#
B
Verse 1
F#
Saturday night
B
and you're still hangin' around
F#
B
Tired of living in your one horse town
F#
You'd like to find a little
Cdim
B
hole in the ground
A#m
C#
For a while
F#
So you go to the village
B
in your tie-dye jeans
F#
And you stare at the junkies
B
and the closet queens
F#
B
It's like some pornographic magazine
A#m
D#
And you smile
Chorus 1
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
And take you to your special is land
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'
Interlude 1
F#
B
Oh yeah
F#
B
Verse 2
F#
Your sister's gone out,
B
she's on a date
F#
You just sit at home
B
and masturbate
F#
Your phone is gonna ring soon
B
But you just can't wait
A#m
C#
For that call
F#
So you stand on the corner
B
in your New English clothes
F#
And you look so polished
B
from your hair down to your toes
F#
B
Ah but still your fingers gonna pick your nose
A#m
D#
After all
Chorus 2
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
And take you to your special is land
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'
Interlude 2
F#
B
Oh yeah
F#
B
Verse 3
F#
B
So you decide to take a holiday
F#
You got your tape deck
B
and your brand new Chevrolet
F#
B
Ah, there ain't no place to go anyway
A#m
C#
What for?
F#
So you got everything,
B
ah, but nothing's cool
F#
They just found your father
B
in the swimming pool
F#
And you guess you won't be going
B
back to school
A#m
D#
Anymore
Chorus 3
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
And take you to your special is land
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'
Interlude 3
F#
B
Oh yeah
F#
B
Verse 4
F#
So you play your albums,
B
and you smoke your pot
F#
And you meet your girlfriend
B
in the parking lot
F#
Oh but still you're aching
B
for the things you haven't got
A#m
C#
What went wrong
F#
And if you can't understand
B
why your world is so dead
F#
Why you've got to keep in style
B
and feed your head
F#
Well you're 21 and still
B
your mother makes your bed
A#m
D#
And that's too long
Chorus 4
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
And take you to your special is land
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'
Chorus 5
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
And take you to your special is land
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Eb
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Ab
Eb
Cm
Db
Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'
[Repeat and fade]
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