Jimmy Buffett – A Pirate Looks At Forty (Ukulele)
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Title: PIRATE LOOK AT FORTY (Jimmy Buffet)
G Mother mother ocean, I have heard you call C Bm7 Am7 G Wanted to sail upon your water since I was three feet tall G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G You seen it all, you seen it all G Watched the men who rode you, switch from sail to steam C Bm7 Am7 G And in your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Most of them dream, most of them dream G Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late C The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder C Bm7 Am7 G I'm an over forty victim of fate G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Arriving to late, arriving to late G I done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass C Bm7 Am7 G I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Never meant to last, never meant to last G I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and
I rallied and I smoked a few reefs
C Bm7 Am7 G But I gotta stop wishin' I got to go fishin', down to Rock Bottom again G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Just a few friends, just a few friends
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G I go for younger women, lived with several a while C Bm7 Am7 G Though I ran 'em away they come back one day, still could manage a smile G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Just takes a while, just takes a while G Mother mother ocean, after all these years I've found C Bm7 Am7 G Occupational hazzard beats an occupation just not around G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Feel like I drowned, gonna head up town G Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 G Feel like I drowned, gonna head up town