A Pirate Looks At Forty by Jimmy Buffett, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

A Pirate Looks At Forty

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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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Intro: G, C, G, C, G, C, G, C

Verse:
G C
Mother, mother ocean, I have heart you call, wanted to sail upon your waters
C C Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C G
since I was three feet tall. Youve seen it all, youve seen it all.

-same chord progression through out the other Verses-

Verse:
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. And in your belly you hold the
that few have ever seen. Most of them dreams, most of them dreams.

Verse:
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late. The cannons dont thunder, theres nothing
plunder, Im an over fourty victim of fate; arriving too late, arriving too late.

Verse:
Ive done a bit of smugglin', Ive run my share of grass. I made enough money to buy
but i pissed it away so fast. Never ment to last, Never ment to last.

Verse:
I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few
but Ive got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' down to rock bottom again. Just a few
just a few friends.

Verse:
Instrumental

Verse:
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile, although I ran away, theyll be back
day, and still I can manage a smile. It just takes awhile, it just takes awile.

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Mother, mother ocean, after all these years Ive found my occupational hazard being my
just not around
G Am Bm7 Am7 G Am Bm7 Am7 G D7 G
I feel like Ive drowned, gonna head up town.