Chords for A Pirate Looks At Forty Free Guitar Lesson - Jack Johnson, Jimmy Buffett
Tempo:
121 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Am
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jack Johnson has got some really, really interesting songs and many of them are very easy to play.
I want to take a look in this lesson at just what he did with Jimmy Buffett's A Pirate
Looks at 40.
Now, this is, I have a complete lesson on A Pirate Looks at 40 that is available in
the Target program at Totally Guitars, but we also have this Jack Johnson lesson that
is so simple.
Now, he took a very simple song and made it even simpler, slowed it down, made it even
slower and then also only sang about three, two-thirds of the verses just so it didn't
strike out, partly because he slowed it down so much.
So all you have to do is take a look at the [G] chart that I have.
It's a very simple chord progression.
We need a G chord, a [C] C chord, an A [A] minor chord, and [D] a D7 chord.
Now, hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check [Ab] my lesson called A Chord Companion that goes into [G] all of those.
Just a quick note, I really recommend that people play the G chord [E] with their second,
third, and fourth fingers and not using your index finger, your first finger for [G] anything.
And then, of course, standard fingering [Dbm] for C and A [D] minor and D7.
[C] The right hand on this song, though, is just you keep a steady arpeggio going, hitting
the bass note for whatever chord you're playing on the first [G] beat, one, using your index finger
on the second, [Eb] on the and of beat one, on the third [G] string.
On the beat two, play your other two fingers together, your second and third fingers on
the first and second strings, and then on the and of beat two, come back to your first finger.
So that two-beat pattern, thumb, index, middle and ring, back to index, is half the measure.
[N] In the second half of the measure, you just alternate the bass note to the other string
that you would use for that chord.
In the case of a G chord, that would be the [D] fourth string.
[G]
[E] So every measure of G in this [G] song is this.
So we run through four of those, then we go to C.
Only thing that's different on C is we hit the fifth [C] string in the bass, then the fourth,
and we have three measures of C, and then it's back to G.
[G] Sixth string and then fourth string, then to A minor.
This is the one place where Jack throws in something [Abm] kind of cool.
Plays the first half of the measure [A] of A minor, [Am]
and on the second half of the measure, instead
of just hitting the bass note clean, he hammers it on from open [Em] to the second fret.
So here's what that measure [A] sounds like.
[Am]
Then goes [D] to D7, and you could hit the same bass note twice in a row for D7, or you could
hit the fourth string and then the fifth string, and [Am] then back to our G chord [G] for two measures.
[E] So running through the whole thing one time, kind of more the way [G] Jack did it, we have
this.
A couple measures.
What the heck?
I'll try to sing it to you, will you?
Mother, mother ocean.
It's even slower.
I have heard you call.
Now we go to our C chord.
[C] Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet [G] tall.
Cause you've seen it [A] all.
[Am] Here's our hammer on.
[D] D7.
You've seen [Am] it [G] all.
[N] And that is it.
He only strums through five verses, ending with just a few friends and repeating the
line, although it would be just as [G] reasonable to just to strum this song.
Mother, mother ocean.
I have heard you call.
[C]
Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet [G] tall.
Cause you've seen it [Am] all.
[D] You've [G] seen it all.
[N] There you go.
The Jack Johnson simplification of Jimmy Buffett's pretty easy tune.
I want to take a look in this lesson at just what he did with Jimmy Buffett's A Pirate
Looks at 40.
Now, this is, I have a complete lesson on A Pirate Looks at 40 that is available in
the Target program at Totally Guitars, but we also have this Jack Johnson lesson that
is so simple.
Now, he took a very simple song and made it even simpler, slowed it down, made it even
slower and then also only sang about three, two-thirds of the verses just so it didn't
strike out, partly because he slowed it down so much.
So all you have to do is take a look at the [G] chart that I have.
It's a very simple chord progression.
We need a G chord, a [C] C chord, an A [A] minor chord, and [D] a D7 chord.
Now, hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check [Ab] my lesson called A Chord Companion that goes into [G] all of those.
Just a quick note, I really recommend that people play the G chord [E] with their second,
third, and fourth fingers and not using your index finger, your first finger for [G] anything.
And then, of course, standard fingering [Dbm] for C and A [D] minor and D7.
[C] The right hand on this song, though, is just you keep a steady arpeggio going, hitting
the bass note for whatever chord you're playing on the first [G] beat, one, using your index finger
on the second, [Eb] on the and of beat one, on the third [G] string.
On the beat two, play your other two fingers together, your second and third fingers on
the first and second strings, and then on the and of beat two, come back to your first finger.
So that two-beat pattern, thumb, index, middle and ring, back to index, is half the measure.
[N] In the second half of the measure, you just alternate the bass note to the other string
that you would use for that chord.
In the case of a G chord, that would be the [D] fourth string.
[G]
[E] So every measure of G in this [G] song is this.
So we run through four of those, then we go to C.
Only thing that's different on C is we hit the fifth [C] string in the bass, then the fourth,
and we have three measures of C, and then it's back to G.
[G] Sixth string and then fourth string, then to A minor.
This is the one place where Jack throws in something [Abm] kind of cool.
Plays the first half of the measure [A] of A minor, [Am]
and on the second half of the measure, instead
of just hitting the bass note clean, he hammers it on from open [Em] to the second fret.
So here's what that measure [A] sounds like.
[Am]
Then goes [D] to D7, and you could hit the same bass note twice in a row for D7, or you could
hit the fourth string and then the fifth string, and [Am] then back to our G chord [G] for two measures.
[E] So running through the whole thing one time, kind of more the way [G] Jack did it, we have
this.
A couple measures.
What the heck?
I'll try to sing it to you, will you?
Mother, mother ocean.
It's even slower.
I have heard you call.
Now we go to our C chord.
[C] Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet [G] tall.
Cause you've seen it [A] all.
[Am] Here's our hammer on.
[D] D7.
You've seen [Am] it [G] all.
[N] And that is it.
He only strums through five verses, ending with just a few friends and repeating the
line, although it would be just as [G] reasonable to just to strum this song.
Mother, mother ocean.
I have heard you call.
[C]
Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet [G] tall.
Cause you've seen it [Am] all.
[D] You've [G] seen it all.
[N] There you go.
The Jack Johnson simplification of Jimmy Buffett's pretty easy tune.
Key:
G
D
Am
C
A
G
D
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Jack Johnson has got some really, really interesting songs and many of them are very easy to play.
_ I want to take a look in this lesson at just what he did with Jimmy Buffett's A Pirate
Looks at 40.
Now, this is, I have a complete lesson on A Pirate Looks at 40 that is available in
the Target program at Totally Guitars, but we also have this Jack Johnson lesson that
is so simple.
Now, he took a very simple song and made it even simpler, slowed it down, made it even
slower and then also only sang about three, two-thirds of the verses just so it didn't
strike out, partly because he slowed it down so much.
So all you have to do is take a look at the [G] chart that I have.
It's a very simple chord progression.
We need a G chord, _ a [C] C chord, _ an A [A] minor chord, and [D] a D7 chord.
Now, hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check [Ab] my lesson called A Chord Companion that goes into [G] all of those.
Just a quick note, I really recommend that people play the G chord [E] with their second,
third, and fourth fingers and not using your index finger, your first finger for [G] anything.
And then, of course, standard fingering [Dbm] for C and A [D] minor and D7.
[C] The right hand on this song, though, is just you keep a steady arpeggio going, hitting
the bass note for whatever chord you're playing on the first [G] beat, one, using your index finger
on the second, [Eb] on the and of beat one, on the third [G] string.
On the beat two, play your other two fingers together, your second and third fingers on
the first and second strings, and then on the and of beat two, come back to your first finger.
So that two-beat pattern, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
thumb, index, middle and ring, back to index, is half the measure.
[N] In the second half of the measure, you just alternate the bass note to the other string
that you would use for that chord.
In the case of a G chord, that would be the [D] fourth string.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] So every measure of G in this [G] song is this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So we run through four of those, then we go to C.
Only thing that's different on C is we hit the fifth [C] string in the bass, _ _ then the fourth,
and we have three measures of C, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and then it's back to G.
_ _ [G] _ _ Sixth string and then fourth string, then to A minor.
This is the one place where Jack throws in something [Abm] kind of cool.
Plays the first half of the measure [A] of A minor, _ _ [Am] _
and on the second half of the measure, _ _ instead
of just hitting the bass note clean, he hammers it on from open [Em] to the second fret.
So here's what that measure [A] sounds like.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
Then goes [D] to D7, and you could hit the same bass note twice in a row for D7, or you could
hit the fourth string and then the fifth string, and [Am] then back to our G chord [G] for two measures. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] So running through the whole thing one time, kind of more the way [G] Jack did it, we have
this. _ _ _ _ _
A couple measures.
What the heck?
I'll try to sing it to you, will you? _ _ _
_ Mother, mother _ ocean.
_ It's even slower. _ _ _
I have heard you call. _ _
Now we go to our C chord.
[C] _ Wanted to sail upon _ your waters, _ since I was three feet [G] tall.
_ Cause you've seen it [A] all.
[Am] Here's our hammer on.
_ _ [D] D7. _
_ You've seen [Am] it [G] all. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] And that is it.
He only strums through five verses, ending with just a few friends and repeating the
line, although it would be just as [G] reasonable to just to strum this song.
_ Mother, mother ocean.
_ _ _ _ I have heard you call.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet [G] tall.
Cause you've seen it [Am] all. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ You've [G] seen it all.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] There you go.
The Jack Johnson simplification of Jimmy Buffett's pretty easy tune.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Jack Johnson has got some really, really interesting songs and many of them are very easy to play.
_ I want to take a look in this lesson at just what he did with Jimmy Buffett's A Pirate
Looks at 40.
Now, this is, I have a complete lesson on A Pirate Looks at 40 that is available in
the Target program at Totally Guitars, but we also have this Jack Johnson lesson that
is so simple.
Now, he took a very simple song and made it even simpler, slowed it down, made it even
slower and then also only sang about three, two-thirds of the verses just so it didn't
strike out, partly because he slowed it down so much.
So all you have to do is take a look at the [G] chart that I have.
It's a very simple chord progression.
We need a G chord, _ a [C] C chord, _ an A [A] minor chord, and [D] a D7 chord.
Now, hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check [Ab] my lesson called A Chord Companion that goes into [G] all of those.
Just a quick note, I really recommend that people play the G chord [E] with their second,
third, and fourth fingers and not using your index finger, your first finger for [G] anything.
And then, of course, standard fingering [Dbm] for C and A [D] minor and D7.
[C] The right hand on this song, though, is just you keep a steady arpeggio going, hitting
the bass note for whatever chord you're playing on the first [G] beat, one, using your index finger
on the second, [Eb] on the and of beat one, on the third [G] string.
On the beat two, play your other two fingers together, your second and third fingers on
the first and second strings, and then on the and of beat two, come back to your first finger.
So that two-beat pattern, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
thumb, index, middle and ring, back to index, is half the measure.
[N] In the second half of the measure, you just alternate the bass note to the other string
that you would use for that chord.
In the case of a G chord, that would be the [D] fourth string.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] So every measure of G in this [G] song is this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So we run through four of those, then we go to C.
Only thing that's different on C is we hit the fifth [C] string in the bass, _ _ then the fourth,
and we have three measures of C, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and then it's back to G.
_ _ [G] _ _ Sixth string and then fourth string, then to A minor.
This is the one place where Jack throws in something [Abm] kind of cool.
Plays the first half of the measure [A] of A minor, _ _ [Am] _
and on the second half of the measure, _ _ instead
of just hitting the bass note clean, he hammers it on from open [Em] to the second fret.
So here's what that measure [A] sounds like.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
Then goes [D] to D7, and you could hit the same bass note twice in a row for D7, or you could
hit the fourth string and then the fifth string, and [Am] then back to our G chord [G] for two measures. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] So running through the whole thing one time, kind of more the way [G] Jack did it, we have
this. _ _ _ _ _
A couple measures.
What the heck?
I'll try to sing it to you, will you? _ _ _
_ Mother, mother _ ocean.
_ It's even slower. _ _ _
I have heard you call. _ _
Now we go to our C chord.
[C] _ Wanted to sail upon _ your waters, _ since I was three feet [G] tall.
_ Cause you've seen it [A] all.
[Am] Here's our hammer on.
_ _ [D] D7. _
_ You've seen [Am] it [G] all. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] And that is it.
He only strums through five verses, ending with just a few friends and repeating the
line, although it would be just as [G] reasonable to just to strum this song.
_ Mother, mother ocean.
_ _ _ _ I have heard you call.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet [G] tall.
Cause you've seen it [Am] all. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ You've [G] seen it all.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] There you go.
The Jack Johnson simplification of Jimmy Buffett's pretty easy tune.