Jimmy Buffett – Remittance Man (Guitar)
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[Verse]
Em D Em D Sinner on the mainland. He's a sinner on the sea. Em D/F# G Am D He looks for absolution, not accountability. Em D Em D How many destinations. Oh God he's seen them all. G D/F# Em Am D D He collects his precious pittance in every port of call. C D G D/F# Em Remittance Man. Black sheep of the family clan. Am D G Broke too many rules along the way. C D Em D/F# G Remittance Man. So far away from home. Am D G No they'll never understand the Remittance Man. Em D Em D A man of empty pockets from jingling his change. Em D/F# G Am D The idleness and grieving for all that he retains. Em D Em D By the harbour lights of Sydney or the Bora Bora moon. G D/F# Em Am D He recites his sad confession to the seagulls and the loons. C D G D/F# Em Remittance Man. Black sheep of the family clan. Am D G Broke too many rules along the way. C D Em D/F# G Remittance Man. So far away from home. Am D G No they'll never understand the Remittance Man.
[Bridge]
Bm Am Well you can claim that you were born a prince. Bm Am But you're the only one you can convince. F C Survivor with no livelihood that you could ever make it good. D But still you dream of what you can pretend. [PAUSE] C D G D/F# Em Remittance Man. Black sheep of the family clan. Am D G Broke too many rules along the way. C D Em D/F# G Remittance Man. So far away from home. Am D G No they'll never understand the Remittance Man. Em D Em D An unexpected passenger boarded in Marseilles. Em D/F# G Am D An angel full of tenderness. She gave her heart away. Em D Em D She was but a gypsy. He was just a stray. G D/F# Em Am D They almost made a miracle but it slowly slipped away. Em D Em D So he follows the equator with a wish to run aground. Em D/F# G Am D It's a very vicious circle goin' round & round & round. Em D Em D And he watches from the fantail as the mainland disappears. G D/F# Em Am D Just like the Flying Dutchman he's a prisoner of his fears. C D G D/F# Em Remittance Man. Black sheep of the family clan. Am D G Broke too many rules along the way. C D Em D/F# G Remittance Man. So far away from home. Am D Am D No they'll never understand No they'll never understand Am D G No they'll never understand the Remittance Man