A Pirate Looks At Forty Chords

by Jimmy Buffett
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
Author D3TRO1T [a] 71.
8 contributors total, last edit on May 24, 2024
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Chords

G
C
Am7
Bm7

Strumming

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[Verse 1]
G
   Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
C                                                      G
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
               Am7    Bm7  Am7            G
You've seen it all,        you've seen it all
 
[Verse 2]
G
   Watch the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
    C                                                      G
And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen
             Am7      Bm7  Am7          G
Most of them dreams,       most of them dreams
 
[Verse 3]
G
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
    C                                                                              G
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate
             Am7    Bm7   Am7        G
Arriving too late,      arriving too late
 
[Verse 4]
G
I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass
  C                                                      G
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
               Am7    Bm7       Am7      G
Never meant to last,      never meant to last
 
[Verse 5]
G
I have been drunk now for over two weeks
  G
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
         C                                                                G
But I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again
                Am7       Bm7  Am7        G
With just a few friends,       just a few friends
 
[Instrumental]
| G       | G       | G       | G       |
| C       | C       | C       | G       |
| Am7     | Bm7 Am7 | G       | G       |
 
[Verse 6]
G
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
         C                                                             G
Though I ran 'em away, they come back one day, I still could manage to smile
                Am7     Bm7    Am7          G
It just takes a while,      it just takes a while
 
[Verse 7]
G
   Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found
   C                                                   G
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
                 Am7       Bm7       Am7    G
I feel like I've drowned,      gonna head uptown
                 Am7       Bm7       Am7    G
I feel like I've drowned,      gonna head uptown
 
(G)   Am7    Bm7  Am7  G
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32 comments
tommyla
Great tab! The chords are correct, and I find the easiest (and coolest) way to play the Bm7 is to just slide the Am7 up two frets (makes it kinda like a barred Bm7 with an open 2nd fret, if you know what I mean?). Love this song!
+6
robws
Just slide the Am down 2 frets then back to Am then G
+2
gputvinski
The Am to Bm is correct. Not Am to D.
+1