A Pirate Looks At Forty Cifras

A PIRATE LOOKS AT 40 – JIMMY BUFFETT
 
[Intro]
G
 
[Verse 1]
G
  Mother, mother ocean
 
I have heard you call
C
Wanted to sail upon your waters
            D          G
since I was three feet tall
               Am  Bm
You've seen it all
Am             G   C  G
You've seen it all
 
[Verse 2]
G
  Watched the men who rode you
 
switch from sails to steam
    C
And in your belly you hold the treasures
         D    G
few have ever seen
            Am    Bm
Most of 'em dream
Am          G     C G
Most of 'em dream
 
[Verse 3]
G
Yes, I am a pirate
 
Two hundred years too late
    C
The cannons don't thunder
 
There's nothin' to plunder
                  D         G
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
             Am   Bm
Arriving too late
  Am         G
Arriving too late
 
[Verse 4]
G
I've done a bit of smugglin'
 
I've run my share of grass
  C
I made enough money to buy Miami
                 D      G
but I pissed it away so fast
               Am   Bm
Never meant to last
      Am       G    C G
Never meant to last
 
[Verse 5]
    G
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
 
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
      C
But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'
             D       G
Down to rock bottom again
           Am      Bm
Just a few friends
Am         G
Just a few friends
 
[Instrumental]
G   G   G   G
C   C   C D G
Am  Bm Am G   G
 
[Verse 6]
G
I go for younger women
 
Lived with several awhile
         C
Though I ran 'em away
 
They'd come back one day
            D         G
Still could manage to smile
             Am    Bm
Just takes a while
Am           G
Just takes a while
 
[Verse 7]
G
  Mother, mother ocean
 
After all the years I've found
   C
My occupational hazard being
                D         G
my occupation's just not around
                 Am      Bm
I feel like I've drowned
      Am      G
Gonna head up town
                 Am      Bm
I feel like I've drowned
      Am      G    C G
Gonna head up town
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