[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
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Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
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Youve seen it all, you’ve seen it all

[Verse]
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Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
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And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
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Most of em dream,
Am7        G
most of em dream

[Verse]
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Yes I am  a pirate, two hundred years too late
C
The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothin to plunder
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I’m an over-forty victim of fate
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Arriving too late,
Am7           G
arriving too late

[Verse]
G
I’ve done a bit of smugglin, I’ve run my share of grass
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I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
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Never meant to last,
Am7              G
 never meant to last

[Bridge]
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And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
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I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
C
But I got stop wishin, got to go fishin
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Down to rock bottom again
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Just a few friends,
Am7        G
just a few friends

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
G
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
C
Though I ran em away, they’d come back one day
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Still could manage to smile
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Just takes a while,
Am7         G
just takes a while

[Verse]
G
Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I’ve found
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My occupational hazard being my occupations just not around
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I feel like I’ve drowned,
Am7   G
gonna head uptown

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I feel like I’ve drowned,
Am7   G
gonna head uptown

[Outro]
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