A Pirate Looks At Forty Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | G |
Capo: | no capo |
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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

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!
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Just slide the Am down 2 frets then back to Am then G
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The Am to Bm is correct. Not Am to D.
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