[Intro] 
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[Verse]
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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call 
C
wanted to sail upon your waters
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since I was three feet tall
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You've seen it all      You've seen it all
 
 
[Verse]
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 
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Most of them are dreams    Yes most of them are dreams
 
 
[Verse]
G
 Yes, I am a pirate a few hundred years too late
    C
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder
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I'm an under forty victim of fate
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Arriving too late,      arriving too late
 
 
[Verse]
G
 I‘ve done a bit of smugglin' well I've run my share of grass
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I made enough money to buy Miami
                        G
But I pissed it away so fast
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It's never meant to last     It's never meant to last
 
 
[Verse]
     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'
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down to rock bottom again
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Just a few friends     Just a few friends
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Just a few friends     Just a few friends