Captain jack Chords
by Billy Joel
Captain jack by Billy Joel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords G, D, C, F, Bbmaj7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: G D C
F Bbmaj7 F Bbmaj7
F Bbmaj7
Saturday night and you're still hangin' around
F Bbmaj7
Tired of livin' in your one-horse town
F Bbmaj7
You'd like to find a little hole in the ground
Am C
For a while u-hm-hm
F Bbmaj7
So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans
F Bbmaj7
And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens
F Bbmaj7
It's like some pornographic magazine
Am D
And you smile u-hm-hm
Chorus 1:
G D C D
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
G D C
And take you to your special island
G D C D
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
G D C
Just a little push and you'll be smilin'
F Bbmaj7 F Bbmaj7
F Bbmaj7
Your sister's gone out, she's on a date
F Bbmaj7
You just sit at home and masturbate
F Bbmaj7
The phone is gonna ring soon but you just can't wait
Am C
For that call u-hm-hm
F Bbmaj7
So you stand on the corner in you New English clothes
F Bbmaj7
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes
F Bbmaj7
Oh but still your finger's gonna pick your nose
Am D
After all u-hm-hm
Chorus 2
F Bbmaj7 F Bbmaj7
F Bbmaj7
So you decide to take a holiday
F Bbmaj7
You got your tape deck and your brand new chevrolet
F Bbmaj7
Ah there ain't no place to go anyway
Am C
And what for u-hm-hm
F Bbmaj7
So you've got everything, ah but nothing's cool
F Bbmaj7
They just found your Father in the swimming pool
F Bbmaj7
And you guess you wont be going back to school
Am D
Any more
Chorus 3:
G D C D
Captain Jack can get you high tonight
G D C
And take you to your special island
G D C D
Oh, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
G D C
Just a little push and you'll be smilin' la la la
F Bbmaj7 F Bbmaj7
F Bbmaj7
So you play your albums and you smoke your pot
F Bbmaj7
And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot
F Bbmaj7
Oh but still you're aching for the things you haven't got
Am C
What went wrong u-hm-hm
F Bbmaj7
And if you can't understand why your world is so dead
F Bbmaj7
Why you've gotta keep in style and feed your head
F Bbmaj7
Well you're twenty one and still your Mother makes your bed
Am D
And that's too long Whoa-whoa-whoa-yeah-yeah
Chorus 4:
G D C D
Well Captain Jack can get you high tonight
G D C
And take you to your special island
G D C D
Well now Captain Jack will get you by tonight
G D C
Just a little push and you'll be smilin'
Chorus 5:
G D C D
Oh Captain Jack will get you high tonight
G D C
And take you to your special isle
G D C D
Well now Captain Jack will make you high tonight
G D C
Just a little push and you'll be smilin'
Chorus 6:
G D C D
Yeah Captain Jack will get you high tonight
G D C
And take you to your special island
G D C D
Captain Jack will make you high tonight
G D C D G D C
G D C D G D C