A Pirate Looks At Forty

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A Pirate Looks at Forty (Jimmy Buffett)
[Verse 1]
D
Mother mother ocean, I have heard your call,
G D
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall,
Em G D
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
[Verse 2]
D
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sail to steam,
G D
And in your belly you hold the treasure, that few have ever seen,
Em G D
Most of them dream, most of them dream
[Verse 3]
D
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late,
G
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder,
D
I'm an over-forty victim of fate,
Em G D
Arriving too late, arriving too late
[Verse 4]
D
I done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass,
G D
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast,
Em G D
Never meant to last, never meant to last
[Verse 5]
D
I have been drunk now for over two weeks,
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,
G D
But I gotta stop wishin', gotta go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again,
Em G D
Just a few friends, just a few friends
[Verse 6]
D
I go for younger women, lived with several a while,
G D
Though I ran 'em away they come back one day, still could manage a smile,
Em G D
Just takes a while, just takes a while
[Verse 7]
D
Mother mother ocean, after all these years I've found,
G D
My occupational hazard being, my occupation's just not around
Em G D
Feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
Em G D
Feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown

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A Pirate Looks at Forty         (Jimmy Buffett)
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
        I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]

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