{"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":2666172,"song":"A Salty Piece Of Land","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2666172-a-salty-piece-of-land-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2666172?type=chord","rating":4.70212,"votes":4,"content":"Song : A Salty Piece of Land\r\nArtist : Jimmy Buffett\r\nCapo : 0\r\nHarmony : 0\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\ne|---------------|---------------|\r\nB|-----5-4-4-5---|-----5-4-4-5-7-|\r\nG|---6---------6-|---6-----------|\r\nD|-7-------------|-7-------------|\r\nA|---------------|---------------|\r\nD|---------------|---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was listening for answers That I could not really hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the words of a wise old Indian Put a conch shell to my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I took off for the ocean I was searching for the coast[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPainting pictures of my vision With the words from grandma ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHiding from the dragons Riding for the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinging ballads from my childhood \"A pirate's life for me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSurvivors seem to function best When peril is at hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]Bm7[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen a song of the ocean Meets a salty piece of land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was force-fed my religion But I somehow saved my smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I tapped into my instincts As I headed to'ards exile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCleopatra did not own a barge But a schooner was her home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe has centuries of stories And there's wisdom in her bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe was on a sacred mission And she told me of a place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere a man can hide forever But never lose his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I saddled up my seahorse With a fly-rod in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Bm7[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was not looking for salvation Just a salty piece of land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]     \r\n     \r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome nights Cayo Loco shimmers Like the stars up in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the seabirds they do touch and go’s As the world just tangos by[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut there are times when she is hidden Beneath the wild and crashing waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the patron saint of lightening Keeps the sailors from their graves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome say it is a blinding sword Pointing out into the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile others say her guiding light Leads to'ards eternity[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStill I sit in contemplation And I just don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Bm7[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis mysterious attraction Of this salty piece of land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStill I search the constellations And the tiny grains of sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm7[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere the song of the ocean Meets the salty piece of land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro]\r\ne|---------------|\r\nB|-----5-4-4-5---|\r\nG|---6---------6-|\r\nD|-7-------------|\r\nA|---------------|\r\nD|---------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Song : A Salty Piece of Land\nArtist : Jimmy Buffett\nCapo : 0\nHarmony : 0\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nF#m E   F#m  E  F#m  E  B     \n     \nF#m  A    D  A     D     D    E\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["A","B","G","D","E","Bm7","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}