A Pirate Looks At Forty
A Pirate Looks At Forty

A Pirate Looks At Forty chords by Jimmy Buffett

1974•Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 7

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Em

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Em

    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    Mother, 
    mother 
    ocean, 

    I 
    have 
    heard 
    you 
    call 

    Wanted 
    to 
    sail 
    upon 
    your 
    waters 

    since 
    I 
    was 
    three 
    feet 
    tall 

    You've 
    seen 
    it 
    all, 

    you've 
    seen 
    it 
    all 

    Verse 2
    Watched 
    the 
    men 
    who 
    rode 
    you 

    switch 
    from 
    sails 
    to 
    steam 

    And 
    in 
    your 
    belly, 
    you 
    hold 
    the 
    treasures 

    few 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    Most 
    of 
    'em 
    dream, 

    most 
    of 
    'em 
    dream 

    Verse 3
    Yes, 
    I 
    am 
    a 
    pirate, 
    two 
    hundred 
    years 
    too 
    late 

    The 
    cannons 
    don't 
    thunder, 

    there's 
    nothin' 
    to 
    plunder 

    I'm 
    an 
    over-forty 
    victim 
    of 
    fate 

    Arriving 
    too 
    late, 

    ar
    riving 
    too 
    late 

    Verse 4
    I've 
    donе 
    a 
    bit 
    of 
    smugglin', 

    I've 
    run 
    my 
    share 
    of 
    grass 

    I 
    made 
    еnough 
    money 
    to 
    buy 
    Miami, 

    but 
    I 
    pissed 
    it 
    away 
    so 
    fast 

    Never 
    meant 
    to 
    last, 

    never 
    meant 
    to 
    last 

    Verse 5
    And 
    I 
    have 
    been 
    drunk 
    now 

    for 
    over 
    two 
    weeks 

    I 
    passed 
    out 
    and 
    I 
    rallied 

    and 
    I 
    sprung 
    a 
    few 
    leaks 

    But 
    I 
    got 
    to 
    stop 
    wishin', 
    got 
    to 
    go 
    fishin' 

    Down 
    to 
    rock 
    bottom 
    a
    gain 

    Just 
    a 
    few 
    friends, 

    just 
    a 
    few 
    friends 

    Solo 1



    Verse 6
    I 
    go 
    for 
    younger 
    women, 

    lived 
    with 
    several 
    awhile 

    Though 
    I 
    ran 
    'em 
    away, 

    they'd 
    come 
    back 
    one 
    day 

    Still 
    could 
    manage 
    to 
    smile 

    Just 
    takes 
    a 
    while, 

    just 
    takes 
    a 
    while 

    Outro 1
    Mother, 
    mother 
    ocean, 

    after 
    all 
    the 
    years 
    I've 
    found 

    My 
    occupational 
    hazard 
    being 

    my 
    occupation's 
    just 
    not 
    a
    round 

    I 
    feel 
    like 
    I've 
    drowned, 

    gonna 
    head 
    up
    town 

    I 
    feel 
    like 
    I've 
    drowned, 

    gonna 
    head 
    up
    town 


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