Jimmy Buffett – Mailbox Money (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G C G G G G [Verse 1]
G
Sweet water, hidden river

D
Flows right by my place

D
Life is slow, fishin's good

        C
That's how I spend my days

           G
I've got a sun-browned local lady

    D
She hails from Bon Secour

D
She makes the best fried shrimp and collard greens

     C         G
Cold Rosé is her pour

   F       C       G        F     C       G
By now you must be wonderin' how I earn my pay

   F     C        G               D
I write words and music, fact, I write them every day
[Chorus]
G
Mailbox money

D
Been so good to me

D                               C               G
When my ship comes sailin' in I feel like royalty

G                                     D
That old song just keeps playin' from sea to shinin' sea

D                   C                G   G G G
That mailbox money sure been good to me
[Verse 2]
G
The postman starts his outboard

          D
'Cause we get our mail by boat

                                C                  G
That song I penned in '81 still keeps our world afloat

      F      C        G               F     C       G
If it wasn't for the radio and those Parrot-headed fans

    F       C     G                     D
I'd have to get a day gig, which would surely spoil my plans
[Chorus]
G
Mailboat money

D
Been so good to me

D                                C             G
When my ship comes sailin' in I feel like royalty

G                               D
They still hum that melody from France to Newfoundland

D             C              G
Mailbox money made me what I am
[Post-chorus]
G
Put it in the mailbox

G
Put it in the mailbox
[Verse 3]
G                           D
Now the postman, he retired two or three years back

D                            C              G
Now he fishes every day and I take up the slack

G                                D
I load that fifteen foot Pirogue US mailboat down

D                          C                G
Jump start my Johnson and spread the love around

F           C         G                     F        C        G
Junk mail, bills and birthday cards on the last boat that remains

       F       C          G                       D
I'm a one man crew but I still get through those floods and hurricanes

G
Mailboat money
[Solo] F D C G [Pre-chorus]
B7                 Em
Down in LA, that's how our mail arrives

A                          D     D
Drop us a line at zip code 36555
[Chorus]
D            G                  D
I love that mailbox money from sea to shinin' sea

D
Nothing else comes close to stackin' up

          C              G
'Cept the Full Moon Jubilee

G                              D
Giggin' big fat flounders with Jimbo at slack tide

D             C               G
Mailbox money sure seems bonafide

G                                     D
That old song just keeps playin' from sea to shinin' sea

              C          D      G
Mailbox money sure been good to me
[Outro]
 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
Just keeps comin' in

 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
What a boat ride this has been

G
(Put it in the mailbox)

 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
Whole lotta jingle in that single

 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
Cha-ching

 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
Ooh, might go look at the mail Johnson

 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
Maybe get a new guitar

 G
(Put it in the mailbox)

G
I don't wanna be a star