Intro: G C Am D E|--------3-------3---|------0-------0---|------0---------0---|------2-------2--- B|--------3-------3---|------1-------1---|------1---------1---|------3-------3--- G|------0---0---0---0-|----0---0---0---0-|----2---2-----2---2-|----2---2---2---2- D|------------0-------|----------2-------|----------0h2-------|--0--------------- A|--------------------|--3---------------|--0-----------------|----------0------- E|----3---------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------ G Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call C G I've wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall C Am D You've seen it all, G you've seen it all G I've 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 C Am D G Most of 'em dreams, most of 'em dreams 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 C Am D G Arriving too late, arriving too late 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 C Am D G Never meant to last, never meant to last G And I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks C But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin' G Down to rock bottom again C Am D G with just a few friends, with just a few friends