A Pirate Looks At Forty
Jack Johnson / Dave Matthews / Tim Reynolds (Jimmy Buffett, 1974)
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|-------M-----------M----| |-------R-----------R----|
|----I-----I-----I-----I-| or |-------M-----------M----|
|-T----------------------| |----I-----I-----I-----I-|
|-------------T----------| |-T-----------T----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] . Mother, mother | ocean ... | . I have heard you | call
| [C] Wanted to sail u- | pon your waters since | I was three feet | [G] tall
'cause you've seen it | [Am] all... | [D] .. you've seen it | [G] all | [G] |
| [G] . Watched the men who | rode you .. | . switch from sails to | steam
And | [C] in your belly, you | hold the treasures | few have ever | [G] seen
Most of 'em | [Am] dream... | [D] .. most of 'em | [G] dream | [G] |
Instrumental Verse
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] |
| [Am] | [D] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] . Yes I am a | pirate, a | few hundred years too | late
The | [C] cannons don't thunder, there's | nothin' to plunder
I'm an | [C] under forty victim of | [G] fate
Arriving too | [Am] late... | [D] .. arriving too | [G] late | [G] |
| [G] . I've done a bit of | smugglin'.. | . I've run my share of | weed
I've | [C] made enough money, to | buy Miami, but I | pissed it away so | [G] fast
Never meant to | [Am] last... | [D] .. never meant to | [G] last | [G] |
Instrumental Verse
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] |
| [Am] | [D] | [G] | [G] |
And | [G] I have been drunk now for | over two weeks
I've | [G] passed out and I rallied and I've | sprung a few leaks
I've | [C] got to stop wishin', I've | got to go fishin'
| [C] Down to rock bottom a- | [G] gain
With just a few | [Am] friends... | [D] .. just a few | [G] friends | [G]
With just a few | [Am] friends... | [D] .. just a few | [G!] friends
#Play along with Johnson/Matthews/Reynolds cover version in this key.
#Original by Jimmy Buffett is also in this key. Mild differences in chords and form.
#Last Updated 17/01/23 JJ
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Jack Johnson / Dave Matthews / Tim Reynolds (Jimmy Buffett, 1974)
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|-------M-----------M----| |-------R-----------R----|
|----I-----I-----I-----I-| or |-------M-----------M----|
|-T----------------------| |----I-----I-----I-----I-|
|-------------T----------| |-T-----------T----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] . Mother, mother | ocean ... | . I have heard you | call
| [C] Wanted to sail u- | pon your waters since | I was three feet | [G] tall
'cause you've seen it | [Am] all... | [D] .. you've seen it | [G] all | [G] |
| [G] . Watched the men who | rode you .. | . switch from sails to | steam
And | [C] in your belly, you | hold the treasures | few have ever | [G] seen
Most of 'em | [Am] dream... | [D] .. most of 'em | [G] dream | [G] |
Instrumental Verse
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] |
| [Am] | [D] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] . Yes I am a | pirate, a | few hundred years too | late
The | [C] cannons don't thunder, there's | nothin' to plunder
I'm an | [C] under forty victim of | [G] fate
Arriving too | [Am] late... | [D] .. arriving too | [G] late | [G] |
| [G] . I've done a bit of | smugglin'.. | . I've run my share of | weed
I've | [C] made enough money, to | buy Miami, but I | pissed it away so | [G] fast
Never meant to | [Am] last... | [D] .. never meant to | [G] last | [G] |
Instrumental Verse
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] |
| [Am] | [D] | [G] | [G] |
And | [G] I have been drunk now for | over two weeks
I've | [G] passed out and I rallied and I've | sprung a few leaks
I've | [C] got to stop wishin', I've | got to go fishin'
| [C] Down to rock bottom a- | [G] gain
With just a few | [Am] friends... | [D] .. just a few | [G] friends | [G]
With just a few | [Am] friends... | [D] .. just a few | [G!] friends
#Play along with Johnson/Matthews/Reynolds cover version in this key.
#Original by Jimmy Buffett is also in this key. Mild differences in chords and form.
#Last Updated 17/01/23 JJ
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