Chords for ThreeChordGuitar.com: How to play "A pirate looks at 40" (Jimmy Buffett)

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Hey everybody, this is Mojo from 3chordguitar.com. Today looking at a song by Jimmy Buffett.
I play it regularly at open mics and my regular gigs and people always respond fairly well to it.
It's a
fairly straightforward song.
[F#] The chords you're gonna need are gonna be a D,
[B] G, _ [G#m] and E minor.
_ I think the [G#] song is called The Pirate Looks Back Over the Edge of [F#] Forty or some darn thing like that.
I just call it Mother [G] Mother Ocean because [N] that's the first line.
_ So anyway, it's a fabulous song.
The good news is once you get the first chord down, you're done with the song.
The whole thing is the same.
So it starts in D, fairly relaxed strumming sort of style.
Remember, we're supposed to be in the islands. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So anyway in D. _
Oh,
in case you're wondering, I'm capoed at the fourth fret. _
_ Mostly because it allows me to sing it.
The song goes sort of high and sort of low and I don't have that much range.
For me to be capoed at the fourth fret is a nice sweet spot for my limited vocal [F#] abilities.
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_ _ _ _ So _ _ as I strum here, [D#] because the whole line is [N] in D, there's not much going on,
I tend to embellish [G] if you will by keeping a D chord going, but I will [G#] sort of move some of my fingers.
So in this case, I lifted my [F#] index finger. _ _ _ _ _
Right here.
_ So it gives me that little accent. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] To _ _ _ _
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_ all you're back in D. _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ All [G#m] you're in E minor. _ _
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_ And resolving to D.
And that's the pattern for the entire song. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] _ [F#] Now from [Gm] a strumming standpoint, the rest is the same.
Same chord progression.
_ From a [N] strumming standpoint, as I said, I try and keep you sort of relaxed.
It's a slower song, slower pace, very much.
As I say, I think you're on a beach in the islands somewhere. _
To break the monotony, the fact is, a lot of songs in one line, you'll get a different bunch of chords coming around,
and the change of the chords gives you inherently some kind of a rhythm going on.
In this case, most of the lines only have one chord, like the opening [F#] line is all in D as we said.
_ [N] So with your strumming, you can give it a little bit of a different flair so it doesn't become monotonous [Fm] as you're playing [F#] it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the right hand thing, I'm going to get closer so you can actually see the right hand better here. _
_ [E] _ _ The right hand motion [F#] _
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_ So as you can see, I go up with my thumb, _ go down _ with my fingers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So I [C#] go two [F#] thumbs, one down.
Two ups, one down.
Up, up, one up.
Up, down, up.
Up, down, up. _ _ _
Mother, mother ocean, _ _ _ _ I've heard you call.
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_ And _ stay the same.
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So I hope this is helpful to you.
Enjoy this song. _
As [N] you look at my butt walking away from the camera, that's ever so glamorous a shot.
I hope you enjoy the song.
I hope you enjoy playing it.
It's a crowd pleaser in my personal experience, and go out there and jam and play, and play live, and hit open mics, and do whatever it takes, but go out there and play.
[F#] Take care, guys. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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