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A Pirate Looks At 40

by Jimmy Buffett

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Intro	Bm7	C#m7	Bm7	A	D/A	D

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call,

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Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was thre	e feet	tall

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You've seen it	all	,	you've seen it	al	l.

Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam.

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And in your belly you hold the few that I have e	ver seen.

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Most of them d	reams,	most of	them dreams.

Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late.

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The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder,I'm an over forty v	ictim of f	ate;

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arriving too l	ate, ar	riving	too late.

I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass.

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I made enough money to buy Miami, but i pissed i	t away so	fast.

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Never ment to	last, N	ever me	nt to last.

I have been drunk now for over two weeks,

I passed out and rallied and I sprung a few leaks,

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but I've g	ot to stop wishin', got to go fishin'down to rock bo	ttom ag	ain. Just a few f	riends	-	just a few fr	iends.

Instrumental

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I go for younger women, lived with several awhile, al	though they ran away, they'll be back someday,	and still I can man	age a s	mile.

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It just takes	awhile,	it jus	t takes awile.

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Mother, mother ocean, after all my years I've found my oc	cupational hazard is my occupations j	ust no a	round.

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I feel like I've d	rowned,	gonna h	ead up t	own.

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	Bm7	C#m7	Bm7	A	D	A
I feel li	ke I've	drowne	d, gonna head up town

Mother Mother Ocean