Jimmy Buffett – Nobody Speaks To The Captain No More (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C D G C D [Verse 1]
         G
He was a fugitive with a pseudo name

C                   D
 Lost his mind in a hurricane

G
Coconut upside his head

C                    D
 People said he'd be better dead, cause his

Em
 Glory days are gone

C
Sits on the shore with his saxophone

    D
and plays
[Verse 2]
    G
In another place, in another time

C                 D
 He was a soldier in his prime

       G
On the battlefield, makin' history

C                       D
 Young men died for his destiny, and their

Em
 Widows came each day

            C
Till he was forced to run away

     D
From home
[Verse 3]
      G
So he bought a town, but he sold the sea

C                  D
 Claimed a shallow victory

      G
On an iron ship, with a wooden crew

C                           D
 They hit the reef when the moon was new, now he

Em
 Cries himself to sleep

     C
On a beach made of promises he meant to keep

      D
Long ago
[Chorus]
C       D             G
 Nobody speaks to the Captain no more

C       D       G
 Nobody talks about the war

C             D            G
 Hey what the hell were we fighting for

       Bm              C
Such a long long time ago
[Instrumental] G C D G C D Em C D [Bridge]
            Em               D
And now the monkeys and the iguanas

Em                  D
 They listen to his song

Em                  D
 A most uncaptive audience

   A7                  D   D/C   D/B   D/A
He plays to all night long
[Verse 4]
       G
So the story goes, he was dressed to kill

        C                     D
When he jumped from the old mahogany mill

        G
And the jungle beasts, they were heard to wail, as the

C                D
 Saxophone still played the scale, for a

Em
 Man they never know

    C
Who looked like me and you

      D
Long ago
[Chorus]
C       D             G
 Nobody speaks to the Captain no more

C          D             G
 No one is interested in settling old scores

C             D             G
 Hey what the hell were we fighting for

       Bm               C    D
Such a long, long time ago

C       D             G
 Nobody speaks to the Captain no more

C          D             G
 No one is interested in settling old scores

C             D             G
 Hey what the hell were we fighting for

       Bm           C
Such a long,  long  time

D     G
     ago