WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks At Forty Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
X X 12 X 12 X, X X 10 X 10 X, X X 9 X 8 X (2X)
Am7(open), Bm7(open), G X X 12 X 12 X (pentatonic)
G C
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call, wanted to sail upon your waters
C C/B Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all, you've seen it all.
G C
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. And in your belly
C/B Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7
hold the treasures, few have ever seen. Most of them dreams,
G C/G G
most of them dreams.
G C
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late. The cannons dont thunder,
C/B Am7 G
theres nothing to plunder, I’m an over forty victim of fate;
Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
arriving too late, arriving too late.
G C
Ive done a bit of smugglin', Ive run my share of grass. I made enough money to buy Miami
C C/B Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
but i p**sed it away so fast. Never ment to last, Never meant to last.
G
I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I
C
sprung a few leaks but Ive got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' down to
C/B Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
rock bottom again. Just a few Friends, just a few friends.
[Solo]
G C C/B Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
G C
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile, although I ran em away,
C C/B Am7 G
Hell they’ll come back one day, and still I can manage a smile.
Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
It just takes awhile, it just takes awhile.
G (hold) C
Mother, mother ocean, after all my years Ive found, my occupational hazard
C/B Am7 G
being my occupation’s just not around **
G Am Bm7 Am7 G
I feel like Ive drowned, gonna head up town.
G Am Bm7 Am7 G
I feel like Ive drowned, gonna head up town.
Option to Redemption Song ending: 2X
(D) G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
C D G C D
redemption songs.
