Jimmy Buffett - A pirate looks at forty

^G Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call ^C Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was ^D three feet ^G tall You've seen it ^Am all, ^Bm you've seen ^Am it ^G all ^C- ^G

^G Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam ^C And in your belly you hold the treasures ^D few have ever ^G seen Most of 'em ^Am dream, ^Bm most of ^Am 'Em ^G dream ^C- ^G

^G Yes I Am A pirate, two hundred years too late ^C The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty ^D victim of ^G fate Arriving too ^Am late, ^Bm arriving ^Am too ^G late

^G I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass ^C I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it ^D away so ^G fast Never ^Am meant to last, ^Bm never ^Am meant to ^G last ^C- ^G

^G And I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks But I ^Cgot stop wishin', got to go fishin' Down to ^D rock bottom ^G again Just a few ^Am friends, ^Bm just A ^Am few ^G friends (instrumental) G C D G Am Bm G ^G I go for younger women, lived with several awhile ^C Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day Still could ^D manage to ^G smile Just ^Am takes a while, ^Bm just Am takes A ^G while

^G Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found ^C My occupational hazard being my occupation's just ^D not ^G around I feel like I've ^Am drowned, ^Bm gonna ^Am head up ^G town Coda: I feel like I've ^Am drowned, ^Bm gonna ^Am head up ^G town