{Verse}
[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

{Verse}
[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


{Verse}
[G]
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 forty
[          G]
victim of fate
[             Am7    Bm7   Am7        G]
Arriving too late,      arriving too late

{Verse}
[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

{Verse}
[G]
I have been drunk now for over two weeks
[  G]
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
[                Am7       Bm7  Am7        G]
With just a few friends,       just a few friends

{Instrumental}
| G       | G       | G       | G       |
| C       | C       | C       | G       |
| Am7     | Bm7 Am7 | G       | G       |

{Verse}
[G]
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
[         C                                                             G]
Though I ran 'em away, they come back one day, I still could manage to smile
[                Am7     Bm7    Am7          G]
It just takes a while,      it just takes a while

{Verse}
[G]
  Mother, mother ocean, after all the 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,      gonna head uptown

[ (G)   Am7    Bm7  Am7  G]