Jimmy Buffett - A pirate looks at forty

^GMother mother ocean, I have heard you call ^CWanted to sail upon your water since I was ^Bm7three ^Am7feet ^Gtall ^GYou ^Am7seen ^Bm7it ^Am7all, ^Bm7you seen it ^Gall

^GWatched the men who rode you, switch from sail to steam And ^Cin your belly you hold the treasures, few ^Bm7have ^Am7ever ^Gseen ^GMost ^Am7of ^Bm7them ^Am7dream, ^Bm7most of them ^Gdream

^GYes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The ^Ccannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder ^CI'm an over forty ^Bm7victim ^Am7of ^Gfate ^GArri^Am7ving ^Bm7to ^Am7late, ^Bm7arriving to ^Glate

^GI done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass I ^Cmade enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it ^Bm7away ^Am7so ^Gfast ^GNever ^Am7meant^Bm7 to ^Am7last, ^Bm7never meant to ^Glast

^GI have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I smoked a few reefs ^CBut I gotta stop wishin' I got to go fishin', down to^Bm7 Rock ^Am7Bott^Gom again ^GJust^Am7 a ^Bm7few ^Am7friends, ^Bm7just a few ^Gfriends

^GI go for younger women, lived with several a while Though I ^Cran 'em away they come back one day, still could ^Bm7manage^Am7 a s^Gmile ^GJust ^Am7takes^Bm7 a w^Am7hile, ^Bm7just takes a ^Gwhile

^GMother mother ocean, after all these years I've found ^COccupational hazzard beats an occupation ^Bm7just ^Am7not ^Garound ^GFeel ^Am7like^Bm7 I ^Am7drowned, ^Bm7gonna head up ^Gtown ^GFeel ^Am7like^Bm7 I ^Am7drowned, ^Bm7gonna head up ^Gtown