Chords for Zac Brown Band & Jimmy Buffet Perform 'A Pirate Looks at Forty' | CMT Crossroads

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Mother, mother ocean, _ _ _ I have heard you call.
_ _ _ [C]
Wanted to sail upon your waters.
I was three [G] feet tall.
You've [Am] seen it all.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] You've seen [G] it all. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Watch the men arow you. _ _ _
Switch from sail to steam. _ _
[C] In your belly you hold the treasure.
You have [G] ever seen.
_ [Em] Most of them dreams.
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ Most of them dreams. _ _ _ _ _ _
Yes, I am a pirate. _ _
Two hundred years too late.
_ _ [C]
Cannons don't thunder.
There's nothing to plunder.
I'm over forty, [G] a victim of fate.
Driving [Am] too late.
_ _ [G] _ _ Driving too late. _ _ _ _ _
I've done a bit of smuggling. _ _
I've run my share of grass. _ _
[C] Made enough money to buy Miami.
But I pissed it away [G] so fast.
Never meant [Am] to last.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] Never meant [G] to last. _ _ _ _ _
I have been drunk now for over two weeks.
I passed out [C] and I rallied [G] and I sprung a few leaks.
But [C] I got a star wish.
Gotta go fishing down the rock [G] bottom again.
Just a [Am] few friends.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] Just a [G] few friends. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ Now I go for younger women. _ _
Live with several a while.
[C] Though I ran them away.
They come back one day and still can manage [G] to smile.
Just [Am] takes a while.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] [G] Just takes a while. _ _ _ _ _ _
Mother, mother ocean.
_ After all my years I found.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ Occupational hazard. _
My occupation's just [G] not around.
I feel [Am] like I've drowned.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] But I won't [G] quit from.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ Feel [Am] like I've drowned.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] Gonna get [G] drunk uptown.
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