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A PIRATE LOOKS AT 40 – JIMMY BUFFETT [G] Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call [C] Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was [D] three feet [G] tall You've seen it [Am] all, [Bm] you've seen [Am] it [G] all [C]-[G] [G] Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam [C] And in your belly you hold the treasures [D] few have ever [G] seen Most of 'em [Am] dream, [Bm] most of [Am] 'Em [G] dream [C]-[G] [G] Yes I Am A pirate, two hundred years too late [C] The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty [D] victim of [G] fate Arriving too [Am] late, [Bm] arriving [Am] too [G] late [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jimmy-buffett/349783.html ] [G] I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass [C] I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it [D] away so [G] fast Never [Am] meant to last, [Bm] never [Am] meant to [G] last [C]-[G] [G] And I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks But I [[ch]C [/ch]]got stop wishin', got to go fishin' Down to [D] rock bottom [G] again Just a few [Am] friends, [Bm] just A [Am] few [G] friends (instrumental) G C D G Am Bm G [G] I go for younger women, lived with several awhile [C] Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day Still could [D] manage to [G] smile Just [Am] takes a while, [Bm] just Am takes A [G] while [G] Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found C My occupational hazard being my occupation's just [D] not [G] around I feel like I've [Am] drowned, [Bm] gonna [Am] head up [G] town Coda: I feel like I've [Am] drowned, [Bm] gonna [Am] head up [G] town [C]-[G] |