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  G                    C                   Am                    D7
e|------3-------3----|------0-------0----|------0---------0----|------2-------2----|
B|------3-------3----|------1-------1----|------1---------1----|------1-------1----|
G|----0---0---0---0--|----0---0---0---0--|----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2---2---2--|
D|----------0--------|----------2--------|----------0h2--------|--0-------0--------|
A|-------------------|--3----------------|--0------------------|-------------------|
E|--3----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

fingerpicking for every chord
[Intro]
G  G  G  G
[Strophe]
G 
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call  
C 
wanted to sail upon your waters 
                       G 
since I was three feet tall 
               Am    D7               G 
You've seen it all      You've seen it all
[Strophe]
G 
 I've watched the men who rode you  Switch from sails to steam 
    C 
And in your belly you hold the treasures 
              G 
Few have ever seen  
                 Am     D7                      G 
Most of them are dreams    Yes most of them are dreams
[Strophe]
G 
 Yes, I am a pirate a few hundred years too late 
    C 
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder 
                             G 
I'm an under forty victim of fate 
             Am     D7               G 
Arriving too late,      arriving too late
[Strophe]
G 
 I‘ve done a bit of smugglin' well I've run my share of grass 
  C 
I made enough money to buy Miami 
                        G 
But I pissed it away so fast 
                     Am   D7                     G 
It's never meant to last     It's never meant to last
[Strophe]
     G 
Well I have been drunk now for over two weeks 
  
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks 
         C 
But I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' 
                      G 
down to rock bottom again 
           Am       D7            G 
Just a few friends     Just a few friends 
           Am       D7            G 
Just a few friends     Just a few friends