[Intro]
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[Verse]
G
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
C G
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
G Am7 G Am7 G
Youve seen it all, you’ve seen it all
[Verse]
G
Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
C G
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
G Em Am7 G Bm7
Most of Em dream,
Am7 G
most of Em dream
[Verse]
G Am7/G G
Yes I Am a pirate, two hundred years too late
C
The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothin to plunder
C G
I’m an over-forty victim of fate
G Am7 G
Arriving too late,
Am7 G
arriving too late
[Verse]
G
I’ve done a bit of smugglin, I’ve run my share of grass
C G
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
G Am7 Bm7
Never meant to last,
Am7 G
never meant to last
[Bridge]
Am G
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
G Am G
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
C
But I got stop wishin, got to Go fishin
C G
Down to rock bottom again
G Am7 G
Just a few friends,
Am7 G
just a few friends
[Instrumental]
G C G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G
[Verse]
G
I Go for younger women, lived with several awhile
C
Though I ran Em away, they’d come back one day
C G
Still could manage to smile
G Am7 Bm
Just takes a while,
Am7 G
just takes a while
[Verse]
G
Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I’ve found
C G
My occupational hazard being my occupations just not around
G Am7 G
I feel like I’ve drowned,
Am7 G
gonna head uptown
G Am7 Bm
I feel like I’ve drowned,
Am7 G
gonna head uptown
[Outro]
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