A Pirate Looks At Chords
by Jack Johnson
A Pirate Looks At by Jack Johnson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Chord Progression:
G C G Am D G
Picking guide (fingerstyle):
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
Am D
You've seen it all,
G
you've seen it all
I've watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
Most of 'em dreams, most of 'em dreams
Yes I am a pirate, a few hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an under-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'
Down to rock bottom again
with just a few friends, with just a few friends
Tabbed by the chungtachicken
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