D/F#  200232
G/B   x20033
G6/B  x20030


[Intro]
| D | G/B | (x4)
| D G/B | D G/B |
| D G6/B | D G/B |


[Verse 1]
D           G/B        D       G/B
 Guys named captain are always characters
D             G/B       D             G/B
Living by the water somewhere in the Americas
D         A/C#        Bm           A/C#
 South or Central, or some Virigin Island
D            A/C#       Bm      A/C#
Barefoot and sun kissed, always smiling


[Instrumental]
| D G/B | D C |


[Verse 2]
D           G/B            D               G/B
 Guys named captain aren't haters, they're lovers
D           G/B      D            G/B
Living life large or largely undercover
D             A/C#       Bm             A/C#
Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales
D           A/C#      Bm        A/C#
Chasing the sun, run aground or full sail, like


[Chorus]
D           G/B        D        G/B
 Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony
  D             G/B     D            G/B
A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies
D               A/C#        Bm          Asus4
Floating on the breeze, the salt of the sea
G       D/F#        Em
Ornery, tattoed and laughing
           D       G/B  D C
Guys named Captain


[Instrumental]
| D G/B | D G/B |


[Verse 3]
D    G/B      D        G/B
 Casanovas and entrepreneurs
D          G/B          D         G/B
Full of bravado, that's half the allure
    D           A/C#   Bm      A/C#
The wink of the eye, a shadowy past
D                A/C#    Bm            A/C#
Laugh lines from blowing smoke up your glass


[Chorus]
     D            G/B  D          G/B
Like Captain Bligh and Captain Kidd
D             G/B           D            G/B
Mutiny on the Bounty, first light in the morning
D       A/C#     Bm         Asus4
 Buccaneers with nothing to fear
       G             D/F#           Em7
Who go down with the ship, last man standing
           D       G/B  D G/B
Guys named Captain


[Instrumental]
| C G/B | D |
| C G/B | D |
| C G/B | D G/B |
| D G/B |


[Verse 4]
D           G/B         D         G/B
 Guys named captain have sons and daughters
D          G/B   D        G/B
 Flesh and blood, like my father
D        A/C#    Bm              A/C#
 Captain Vic who played the mandolin
D                 A/C#  Bm           A/C#
 And when they're gone, man you miss them
N.C.
Guys named Captain


[Instrumental]
| D G/B | D C | D G/B | D C |


[Outro]
           D       G/B  D C
Guys named Captain


[Instrumental]
| D G/B | D G/B |
| D |