[Estrofe]
G 
   Mother, mother ocean, I have heard
 you call 
   Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call 
C                                    
Wanted to sail upon your waters since
                  G 
 I was three feet tall 
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall 
               Am7   Bm7   Am7   
You've seen it all,        you've
         G 
 seen it all
You've seen it all,        you've seen it all
[Estrofe]
G 
   Watch the men who rode you, switch
 from sails to steam 
   Watch the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam 
    C                         
And in your belly you hold the
                            
 treasure that few have ever
 G 
 seen 
And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen 
             Am7     Bm7   Am7    
Most of them dreams,       most of
      G 
 them dreams
Most of them dreams,       most of them dreams
[Estrofe]
G 
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years
 too late 
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
                 G 
 forty victim of fate 
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate 
             Am7   Bm7   Am7         
Arriving too late,       arriving too
 G 
 late
Arriving too late,       arriving too late
[Estrofe]
G 
I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've
 run my share of grass 
I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass 
  C                                 
I made enough money to buy Miami but
                     G 
 I pissed it away so fast 
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast 
               Am7   Bm7   Am7  
Never meant to last,       never
          G 
 meant to last
Never meant to last,       never meant to last
[Estrofe]
G 
I have been drunk now for over two
 weeks 
I have been drunk now for over two weeks 
  G 
I passed out and I rallied and I
 sprung a few leaks 
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks 
         C                          
But I've got to stop wishin', got to
                                   
 go fishin' I'm down to rock bottom
  G 
 again 
But I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' I'm down to rock bottom again 
                Am7      Bm7   Am7   
With just a few friends,       just a
     G 
 few friends
With just a few friends,       just a few friends
[Instrumental]
|     G     |     G     |     G     |     G     |
|     C     |     C     |     C     |     G     |
|    Am7    | Bm7   Am7 |     G     |     G     |
[Estrofe]
G 
I go for younger women, lived with
 several awhile 
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile 
             C                     
And though I ran away, they'll come
                                   
 back one day, I still could manage
   G 
 a smile 
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day, I still could manage a smile 
               Am7    Bm7   Am7 
It just takes awhile,       just
        G 
 takes awhile
It just takes awhile,       just takes awhile
[Estrofe]
G 
   Mother, mother ocean, after all
 these years I've found 
   Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found 
   C                            
My occupational hazard being, my
                        G 
 occupation’s just not around 
My occupational hazard being, my occupation’s just not around 
                 Am7      Bm7      
I feel like I've drowned,     gonna
 Am7    G 
 head uptown 
I feel like I've drowned,     gonna head uptown 
                
I feel like I've
 Am7      Bm7   Am7   G 
 drowned
I feel like I've drowned