D/F# 200232
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G6/B x20030
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Guys named captain are always characters
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Living by the water somewhere in the Americas
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South or Central, or some Virigin Island
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Barefoot and sun kissed, always smiling
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[Verse 2]
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Guys named captain aren't haters, they're lovers
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Living life large or largely undercover
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Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales
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Chasing the sun, run aground or full sail, like
[Chorus]
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Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony
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A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies
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Floating on the breeze, the salt of the sea
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Ornery, tattoed and laughing
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Guys named Captain
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[Verse 3]
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Casanovas and entrepreneurs
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Full of bravado, that's half the allure
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The wink of the eye, a shadowy past
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Laugh lines from blowing smoke up your glass
[Chorus]
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Like Captain Bligh and Captain Kidd
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Mutiny on the Bounty, first light in the morning
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Buccaneers with nothing to fear
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Who go down with the ship, last man standing
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Guys named Captain
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[Verse 4]
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Guys named captain have sons and daughters
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Flesh and blood, like my father
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Captain Vic who played the mandolin
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And when they're gone, man you miss them
N.C.
Guys named Captain
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[Otro]
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Guys named Captain
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