A Salty Piece Of Land chords by Jimmy Buffett

Intro:
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Verse 1:

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I was listening for answers That I could not really hear
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When the words of a wise old Indian Put a conch shell to my ear
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And I took off for the ocean I was searching for the coast
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Painting pictures of my vision With the words from grandma ghost
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Hiding from the dragons Riding for the sea
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Singing ballads from my childhood "A pirate's life for me"
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Survivors seem to function best When peril is at hand
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When a song of the ocean Meets a salty piece of land


Verse 2:
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I was force-fed my religion But I somehow saved my smile
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So I tapped into my instincts As I headed to'ards exile
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Cleopatra did not own a barge But a schooner was her home
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She has centuries of stories And there's wisdom in her bones
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She was on a sacred mission And she told me of a place
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Where a man can hide forever But never lose his face
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So I saddled up my seahorse With a fly-rod in my hand
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I was not looking for salvation Just a salty piece of land


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Verse 3:
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Some nights Cayo Loco shimmers Like the stars up in the sky
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And the seabirds they do touch and go’s As the world just tangos by
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But there are times when she is hidden Beneath the wild and crashing waves
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And the patron saint of lightening Keeps the sailors from their graves
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Some say it is a blinding sword Pointing out into the sea
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While others say her guiding light Leads to'ards eternity
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Still I sit in contemplation And I just don't understand
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This mysterious attraction Of this salty piece of land
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Still I search the constellations And the tiny grains of sand
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Where the song of the ocean Meets the salty piece of land


Outro:
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