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Sending The Old Man Home

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Jimmy Buffett (born December 25, 1946 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States) is a singer/songwriter, best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" and "Come Monday". He has a rabid, but genial, cult following known as "Parrotheads." They call the youngest members "Parakeets."

Buffett has written three No. 1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list.

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Sending The Old Man Home
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By Jimmy Buffett

G D Db G (E) G
They're sending the old man home,
G D Db D (A) D
Back where the buffalo roam,
C A D G F# E
Out in the Pacific, they say he was the best,
A D
Now he's in his civvies, headin' home like all the rest.

G D Db G (E) G
He'll never forget Rosa Lee,
G C G C
Or sleepless nights he fought upon the sea.
* C A D G F# E
He'll only have the memories, or great books by James Jones,
A D G
'Cause they're sending the old man home.

C G A D
Faraway... Faraway... Another life so very far away.

They'll tear down the officer's clubs,
And write off the overdue subs,
So let's drink to their memories, our heroes, and our pals,
To those crazy Navy fliers, to those swell Hawaiian gals.

The sailors will dance in the street,
Then they'll mothball the whole damn fleet,
We'll only have the picture books,
Of land, and sea, and foam,
'Cause they're sending the old man home.

(Coda)
He'll only have his memories, or great books by James Jones,
'Cause they're sending the old man home.

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[This is a beginner's arrangement, so it is probably full of
errors, but the lyrics are correct. It is a great ballad though...]

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// Mike A. Hall // "If I don't die by Thursday, //
// [email protected] // I'll be roarin' Friday night." //
// // --J.Buffett //
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