Jack Johnson – The Captain Is Drunk Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Jack Johnson – The Captain Is Drunk Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C D7 F C x2

[Verse 1]
     C           D7
Hey, what do I do
       F
If the captain is drunk
        C                  D7
And the winds are too much?
         F
He's out looking for something
    C              D7
And maybe it's love
   F
Or some adoration
    C            D7
And maybe too much
     F           
He's looking for 
             G
something to prove
F            G
  What can I do?

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[Chorus]
F              C  D7
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F              C           D7
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F              C  D7
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F              C           D7
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

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[Verse 2]
F     C           D7
  And what do I do
   F
If half of the crew
                C     
Just wants that sugar 
             D7
on their tongue now?
        F
They're pulling their punches
        C        D7
They're making assumptions
F
Headlights are off
              Am7
As our head's in the sand
   D7
We fall through the glass
           D7
What can I do?

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[Chorus]
             C  D7
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F            C  D7
  What can I do?
F            C  D7
  What can I do?
F            C  D7
  What can I do?

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[Verse 3]
F     C           D7
  And what do I do
        F
If it's already done?
        C         D7
We spun gold into strife
        F
We saw, more than enough
        C            D7
When we touch, do we feel?
        F
Have we tasted too much?
        C            D7
When we speak of the devil
   F
He hears what he wants
           G
What can I do?
F            G
  What can I do?

[Chorus]
F              C  D7
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F            C  D7
  What can I do?
F              C  D7
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F            C  D7
  What can I do?

[Outro]
F              C
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

How to play The Captain Is Drunk: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Captain Is Drunk by Jack Johnson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Captain Is Drunk by Jack Johnson keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 5 chords: C, D7, F, G and Am7.

Listen for F – C – D7 – F (IV – I – II7 – IV in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – reh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, A7, C, D, Em7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
D7 chord on guitar (xx0212)
D7D F♯ A C
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G

The Captain Is Drunk chords: questions

What key is The Captain Is Drunk in?

The Captain Is Drunk by Jack Johnson is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in The Captain Is Drunk?

The Captain Is Drunk uses 5 chords: C, D7, F, G, Am7.

What is the chord progression of The Captain Is Drunk?

The main progression is F – C – D7 – F (IV – I – II7 – IV).

Is The Captain Is Drunk easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, A7, C, D, Em7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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