Verse 1AG
Well I come from a little bitty, homegrown small town,
CD
Smoky Mountains, nice place to hang around.
AG
Moonshine, that's where they make it,
D
Put it in a jug, makes you wanna get naked.
AG
But I jumped on a greyhound bus one night
CD
And took it all the way to the end of the line.
AG
Stepped down in the sun, when my feet hit the sand
D
What a long strange trip
ChorusAGD
I spent my whole life running around (running around)
AGD
Still let the wind kinda blow me around
AG
Well I dropped a note in a bottle
D
To a long-legged model
AG
And I traded it in for a whole 'nother world
DA pirate flag and an island girl
IntroVerse 2AG
Well my friends back home think I've gone and lost my mind
CD
Take a sip of rum and you really would know why
AG
Jolly Roger flying on the picnic table
D
Blender in the kitchen, willin' and able
AG
Don't know what makes you say "What the hell"
CD
But when the salt air catches a hold of that sail
AG
Something 'bout her makes you just wanna dance
D
And she loves to dance
ChorusAGD
I spent my whole life running around (running around)
AGD
Still let the wind kinda blow me around
AG
Well I dropped a note in a bottle
D
To a long-legged model
AG
And I traded it in for a whole 'nother world
DA pirate flag and an island girl
[Solo]
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(Pirate flag and an island girl)
BridgeC
I remember back home 'neath the big ol' moon
D
Talking 'bout the new world and life was good
CD
But here we are in a local bar drinkin' shootin' stars
ChorusAGD
I might spend my whole life running around (running around)
AGD
Still let the wind kinda blow me around
AG
Well I dropped a note in a bottle
D
To a long-legged model
AG
And I traded it in for a whole 'nother world
DA pirate flag and an island girl
AGDA pirate flag and an island girl
AGDA pirate flag and an island girl
Intro Riff
A pirate flag and an island girl
Intro Riff
A pirate flag and an island girl
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