Jimmy Buffett - A pirate looks at forty

^DMother mother ocean, I have heard your call, ^GWanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet t^Dall, You've seen i^Emt all, you^G've seen it ^Dall

^DWatched the men who rode you, switch from sail to steam, ^GAnd in your belly you hold the treasure, that few have ever s^Deen, Most of them ^Emdream, mos^Gt of them dr^Deam

^DYes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late, ^GThe cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder, I'm an over-forty victim of f^Date, Arriving too ^Emlate, ar^Griving too l^Date

^DI done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass, ^GI made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so f^Dast, Never meant t^Emo last, ne^Gver meant to l^Dast

^DI have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks, ^GBut I gotta stop wishin', gotta go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom a^Dgain, Just a few fr^Emiends, jus^Gt a few frie^Dnds

^DI go for younger women, lived with several a while, ^GThough I ran 'em away they come back one day, still could manage a s^Dmile, Just takes a ^Emwhile, jus^Gt takes a wh^Dile

^DMother mother ocean, after all these years I've found, ^GMy occupational hazard being, my occupation's just not a^Dround Feel like I've ^Emdrowned, g^Gonna head upto^Dwn Feel like I've ^Emdrowned, g^Gonna head upto^Dwn