Guitar chords A Pirate Looks At Forty

The song explores the life of a modern pirate, reflecting on the desires for freedom, adventure, and the inevitable passage of time. Its a nostalgic reflection on life, choices, and the pursuit of meaning in a life of adventure on the sea.

Key:  G 
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

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

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

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

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

      
G
 
      
C
                                   
G
 
     
Am7
      
Bm7
   
Am7
       
G
 

G
 
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
             
C
                                                           
G
 
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day, I still could manage a smile
               
Am7
    
Bm7
   
Am7
         
G
 
It just takes awhile,       just takes awhile

G
 
   Mother, mother ocean, after all these 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