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Mailbox Money by Jimmy Buffett
Mailbox Money
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G G C G
G G G
[Verse 1]
G
Sweet water, hidden river
D
Flows right by my place
D
Life is slow, fishin's good
C
That's how I spend my days
G
I've got a sun-browned local lady
D
She hails from Bon Secour
D
She makes the best fried shrimp and collard greens
C G
Cold Rosé is her pour
F C G F C G
By now you must be wonderin' how I earn my pay
F C G D
I write words and music, fact, I write them every day
[Chorus]
G
Mailbox money
D
Been so good to me
D C G
When my ship comes sailin' in I feel like royalty
G D
That old song just keeps playin' from sea to shinin' sea
D C G G G G
That mailbox money sure been good to me
[Verse 2]
G
The postman starts his outboard
D
'Cause we get our mail by boat
C G
That song I penned in '81 still keeps our world afloat
F C G F C G
If it wasn't for the radio and those Parrot-headed fans
F C G D
I'd have to get a day gig, which would surely spoil my plans
[Chorus]
G
Mailboat money
D
Been so good to me
D C G
When my ship comes sailin' in I feel like royalty
G D
They still hum that melody from France to Newfoundland
D C G
Mailbox money made me what I am
[Post-chorus]
G
Put it in the mailbox
G
Put it in the mailbox
[Verse 3]
G D
Now the postman, he retired two or three years back
D C G
Now he fishes every day and I take up the slack
G D
I load that fifteen foot Pirogue US mailboat down
D C G
Jump start my Johnson and spread the love around
F C G F C G
Junk mail, bills and birthday cards on the last boat that remains
F C G D
I'm a one man crew but I still get through those floods and hurricanes
G
Mailboat money
[Solo]
F D C G
[Pre-chorus]
B7 Em
Down in LA, that's how our mail arrives
A D D
Drop us a line at zip code 36555
[Chorus]
D G D
I love that mailbox money from sea to shinin' sea
D
Nothing else comes close to stackin' up
C G
'Cept the Full Moon Jubilee
G D
Giggin' big fat flounders with Jimbo at slack tide
D C G
Mailbox money sure seems bonafide
G D
That old song just keeps playin' from sea to shinin' sea
C D G
Mailbox money sure been good to me
[Outro]
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
Just keeps comin' in
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
What a boat ride this has been
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
Whole lotta jingle in that single
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
Cha-ching
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
Ooh, might go look at the mail Johnson
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
Maybe get a new guitar
G
(Put it in the mailbox)
G
I don't wanna be a star
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