{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":966513,"song":"A Pirate Looks At Forty","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11619482-a-pirate-looks-at-forty-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/966513?type=chord","rating":4.82618,"votes":1818,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've seen it all,        you've seen it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Watch the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMost of them dreams,       most of them dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nArriving too late,      arriving too late[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever meant to last,      never meant to last[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have been drunk now for over two weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith just a few friends,       just a few friends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]       | [ch]G[/ch]       | [ch]G[/ch]       | [ch]G[/ch]       |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]       | [ch]C[/ch]       | [ch]C[/ch]       | [ch]G[/ch]       |\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch]     | [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]       | [ch]G[/ch]       |\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI go for younger women, lived with several awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough I ran 'em away, they come back one day, I still could manage to smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt just takes a while,      it just takes a while[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI feel like I've drowned,      gonna head uptown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI feel like I've drowned,      gonna head uptown[/tab]\r\n\r\n([ch]G[/ch])   [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n| G       | G       | G       | G       |\n| C       | C       | C       | G       |\n| Am7     | Bm7 Am7 | G       | G       |\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n(G)   Am7    Bm7  Am7  G","chords":["G","C","Am7","Bm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}