A Pirate Looks At Forty

A PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY

As recorded by Jimmy Buffett
(From the 1974 Album A1A)

Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Goodman - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Buffett - Acoustic Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=110
  G                                 C/G  G                                 C/G
 4/4
  Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----0-------------|-----0---------1--|-----0-------------|-----0---------1--|
|---0---------0-----|---0---------0-0--|---0---------0-----|---0---------0-0--|
|-------0-(0)-----0-|-------0-(0)---2--|-------0-(0)-----0-|-------0-(0)---2--|
|---------------2---|------------------|---------------2---|------------------|
|-3-----------------|-3----------------|-3-----------------|-3----------------|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
| E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|---3-3---------3-3-|---3-3------------|---3-3---------3-3-|---3-3------------|
|---0-0---------0-0-|---0-0---------1--|---0-0---------0-0-|---0-0---------1--|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--|
|-0-----0-(0)-0-----|-0-----0-(0)-0-2--|-0-----0-(0)-0-----|-0-----0-(0)-0-2--|
|-2-----2-(2)-2-----|-2-----2-(2)-2----|-2-----2-(2)-2-----|-2-----2-(2)-2----|
|-3-----------3-----|-3-----------3-3--|-3-----------3-----|-3-----------3-3--|


  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----0-------------|-----0---------1--|-----0-------------|-----0---------1--||
|---0---------0-----|---0---------0-0--|---0---------0-----|---0---------0-0--||
|-------0-(0)-----0-|-------0-(0)---2--|-------0-(0)-----0-|-------0-(0)---2--||
|---------------2---|------------------|---------------2---|------------------||
|-3-----------------|-3----------------|-3-----------------|-3----------------||
|
| E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|---3-3---------3-3-|---3-3------------|---3-3---------3-3-|---3-3------------||
|---0-0---------0-0-|---0-0---------1--|---0-0---------0-0-|---0-0---------1--||
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--||
|-0-----0-(0)-0-----|-0-----0-(0)-0-2--|-0-----0-(0)-0-----|-0-----0-(0)-0-2--||
|-2-----2-(2)-2-----|-2-----2-(2)-2-3--|-2-----2-(2)-2-----|-2-----2-(2)-2-3--||
|-3-----------3-----|-3-----------3----|-3-----------3-----|-3-----------3----||


   1st - 8th Verses
    G
    E E E E +E  E +E  E    E  E E E +E  E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------0-----|
||------0-2-(2)-0-(0)---|-------0-2-(2)---0---|
||----0---------------0-|-----0-------------0-|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--3-------------------|--3------------------|
|
|   Q   E E  Q     E  E   +E  Q   E  E  E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-0---0-0--0-----0--1-|-(1)-3---3--3--3-3-3-|
||--0---0-0--0-----0--2-|-(2)-4---4--4--4-4-4-|
||--0---0-0--0-----0--0-|-(0)-0---0--0--0-0-0-|
||o-2-------------------|---------------------|
||--3-------------------|---------------------|


  E E E E +E  E +E  E    E  E E E +E  E  Q
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------0------|
|-----0-2-(2)-0-(0)---|-------0-2-(2)----0---|
|---0---------------0-|-----0----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3-------------------|--3-------------------|
|
| Q   E E  Q     E  E   +Q    E E  E  Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0---0-0--0-----1--3-|-(3)---3-1-----0------|
|-0---0-0--0-----2--4-|-(4)---4-2-----0------|
|-0---0-0--0-----0--0-|-(0)---0-0-----0------|
|-2-------------------|----------------------|
|-3-------------------|----------------------|


  C
  E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E +E  E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------1-(1)-------|
|-----0-2-(2)-0-(0)---|-----0-------0-----|
|---2---------------2-|---2-----------2---|
|-3-------------------|-3-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E Q    E  E  Q      E E E E  E  E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----1----------1----|-----1-1-------1-1-|
|-0-0-0----0--0--0----|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2----2--2--2----|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3----3--3--3----|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|---------------------|-------------------|


          C/B   Am7     G
  E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E +E  E +E  E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------0-(0)---------|---------------------|
|-----0-------2-(2)-0-|-----0-2-(2)-0-(0)---|
|---2-----------------|---0---------------2-|
|-3-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-3-------------------|
|
| E E E E  E  E  E  E   E E E E  E  E  E  E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----1-1--1--1--1--1-|-----0-0--------0--0-|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-------|
|-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|
|-3-3-3-3--2-----0----|-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|


  Am7                 Bm7     Am7
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------1-(1)-------|-----0-----------|
|-----0-------0---2-|-------------2---|
|---2-----------2---|---0---4-------2-|
|-0-----------------|-2-------0-3-----|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E  E  E Q     H       H
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-3-------1-------|
|-----0---------0---|-2-------0-------|
|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2---|-0-------2-------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0---|-2-------0-------|
|-------------------|-----------------|


                     1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
  G       C/G
  E E E E +E  E Q     E  E E E +E  E +E  E  8x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------1-----|----------------------o||
|-----0-2-(2)---0---|------0-2-(2)-0-(0)----||
|---0---------------|----0---------------0--||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-3-----------------|-3---------------------||
|
| E E E E  E  E E E   Q.     E +H           8x
|-------------------|-3---------------------||
|-----0-------1-1---|-0--------------------o||
|-0-0-0-------0-0---|-0------0-(0)----------||
|-0-0-0-0---------0-|-0------0-(0)----------||
|-2-2-2-2-----------|----------------------o||
|-3-3-3----3--------|-----------------------||


 Outro
  8.
  G                     Am
  E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E +E  E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------0-(0)---|-------1-(1)-------|
|-----0-2-(2)-------0-|-----2-------2---2-|
|---0-----------------|---2-----------2---|
|---------------------|-0-----------------|
|-3-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q   E E +E  E  Q      Q   E E +E  E Q
|-3---3-3-(3)-3--3----|-------------------|
|-0---0-0-(0)-0--0----|-1---1-------1-1---|
|-0---0-0-(0)-0--0----|-2---2-2-(2)---2---|
|-0---0-0-(0)-0--0----|-2---2---------2---|
|-2---2-2-(2)-2--2----|-0-----------------|
|-3---3-3-(3)-3--3----|-------------------|


  Bm7     Am7       G
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----0-----------|-------------0-(0)---|
|-------------2---|-----0-2-(2)-------0-|
|---0---4-------2-|---0-----------------|
|-2-------0-3-----|---------------------|
|-----------------|-3-------------------|
|
| H       H         Q   E E +E  E  E  E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-3-------1-------|-0---0-0-(0)-0--1--1-|
|-2-------0-------|-0---0-0-(0)-0--2--2-|
|-0-------2-------|-0---0-0-(0)-0--0--0-|
|-2-------0-------|-2-------------------|
|-----------------|-3-------------------|


                                         H.=H
                     Am                  Bm7  Am7    G      D7        G
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E E E   H    H      Q  E E E E E E   W
|------------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------|-3----*|
|------------------|-------1-(1)-------|-3----1----|-0--0---1---1---|-0----*|
|-----0-2-(2)-0----|-----2-------2---2-|-2----0----|-0--0---2---2---|-0----*|
|---0-----------0--|---2-----------2---|-0----2----|-0----0---0---0-|-0----*|
|------------------|-0-----------------|-2----0----|-2--------------|-2----*|
|-3----------------|-------------------|-----------|-3--------------|-3----*|
|
| Q   E E  E  E Q    Q   E E +E  E Q     H    H      Q  E E E E E E   W
|-3---3-3--3--3-3--|-------------------|-----------|----------------|-3----*|
|-0---0-0--0--0-0--|-1---1-------1-1---|-3----1----|-0--0---1---1---|-0----*|
|-0---0-0--0--0-0--|-2---2-2-(2)---2---|-2----0----|-0--0---2---2---|-0----*|
|-0---0-0--0--0-0--|-2---2---------2---|-0----2----|-0----0---0---0-|-0----*|
|-2---2-2--2--2-2--|-0-----------------|-2----0----|-2--------------|-2----*|
|-3---3-3--3--3-3--|-------------------|-----------|-3--------------|-3----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths