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	G	F	C	G
				(two times)

	G
	As the son of a son of a sailor

	F	C	G
I went	out on the	sea for ad	venture

	C	G
ex	panding the view of the	captain and crew

	D	G
Like a	man just released from in	denture

	G
As a	dreamer of dreams and a traveling man

	F	C	G
I have c	halked up	many a	mile

	C	G
Read	dozens of books about	heroes and crooks

	D	G
And I l	earned much from both of their s	tyles

	F	C
	Son of a son,	son of a son

	G
Son of a son of a	sailor

	F	C
	Son of a gun,	load the last ton

	G
One step ahead of the	jailer

Now away in the near future

Southeast of disorder

You can shake the hand of the Mango man

As he greets you at the boarder

And the lady she hails from Trinidad

Island of the spices

Salt for your meat and cinnamon sweet

And the rum is for all your good vices

	F	C
H	aul the sheet in as we	ride on the wind

	G
That our forefathers harnessed be	fore us

	F	C
H	ear the bells ring as the	tide rigging sings

	G
It's a son of a gun of a	chorus

Where it all ends I can't fathom my friends

If I knew I might toss out my anchor

So I'll cruise along always searching for songs

Not a lawyer a thief or a banker

But the son of a son, son of a son

Son of a son of a sailor

Son of a gun, load the last ton

One step ahead of the jailer

I'm just a son of a son, son of a son

Son of a son of a sailor

	F	C
The	sea's in my veins, my t	radition remains

	G
I'm just glad I don't live in a	trailer

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Son of a Son of a Sailor

Jimmy Buffett

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