View Guitar Chords for A pirate looks at forty - chords ver. 1
G Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call C Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was D three feet G tall You've seen it Am all, Bm you've seen Am it G all C- GG Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam C And in your belly you hold the treasures D few have ever G seen Most of 'em Am dream, Bm most of Am 'Em G dream C- GG Yes I Am A pirate, two hundred years too late C The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty D victim of G fate Arriving too Am late, Bm arriving Am too G lateG I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass C I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it D away so G fast Never Am meant to last, Bm never Am meant to G last C- GG And I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks But I Cgot stop wishin', got to go fishin' Down to D rock bottom G again Just a few Am friends, Bm just A Am few G friends (instrumental) G C D G Am Bm G G I go for younger women, lived with several awhile C Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day Still could D manage to G smile Just Am takes a while, Bm just Am takes A G whileG Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found C My occupational hazard being my occupation's just D not G around I feel like I've Am drowned, Bm gonna Am head up G town Coda: I feel like I've Am drowned, Bm gonna Am head up G town