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Jimmy's story - The real pirate’s name was Phillip Clark. He was one of the most unforgettable characters I met when I first lived in Key West, back in the days before it turned into a boutique. When I finished the song, I knew I had done him justice, and it is a fitting eulogy to an old friend. He died a few years ago under an alias, washed up on a beach near San Francisco. They flew his body back to Key West where some of his ashes were scattered at sea, and some still sit above the cash register in the Full Moon Saloon. [Intro] X X 12 X 12 X, X X 10 X 10 X, X X 9 X 8 X (2X) Am7(open), Bm7(open), G X X 12 X 12 X (pentatonic)
GMother, mother ocean, I have heard you call, wCanted to sail upon your waters since CI was threeC/B feetAm7 talGl. You've seen iAm7t alBm7l, Am7 you've seen itG allC/G. G GWatched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. And iCn your belly hold the treasures, few haveC/B everAm7 seeGn. Most of them dreaAm7ms, Bm7 Am7 most of them dreGams.C/G G
GYes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late. The cCannons dont thunder, theres nothing to plunder, I’m an over forty vC/BictimAm7 of Gfate; arriving too lAm7ate,Bm7 Am7 arriving too laGte. C/G G GIve done a bit of smugglin', Ive run my share of grass. I mCade enough money to buy Miami but i Cpissed it aC/Bway sAm7o faGst. Never ment to lAm7ast,Bm7 Am7Never meant Gto lC/Gast. G
GI have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks but Ive Cgot to stop wishin', got to go fishin' down to rock C/BbottoAm7m agGain. Just a few FAm7riends,Bm7 Am7 just a few friGendsC/G. G
[Solo] G C C/B Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G C/G G
GI go for younger women, lived with several awhile, although I Cran em away, CHell they’ll come back one day, and still I can maC/Bnage Am7a smGile. It just takes awhAm7ile,Bm7 Am7 it just takes awGhileC/G. G
G (hold) C Mother, mother ocean, after all my years Ive found, my occupational hazard
being my occupation’s juC/Bst noAm7t arGound ** G I feel like Ive AmdrowBm7ned, Am7 gonna head up toGwn. G I feel like Ive AmdrowBm7ned, Am7 gonna head up toGwn.
Option to Redemption Song ending: 2X (D) G C D G Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
Cause Call I Dever had,Em C reDdemptionG songs, CredDemption Gsongs. C D