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Sat ur day night, and you’re still
hang in’ a round.
You’re tired of liv in’ in your one horse town.
You’d like to find a lit tle (B)hole in the ground
for a while,
mm.
So, you go to the vil lage in your tie dye jeans
and you stare at the junk ies
and the clos et queens.
It’s like some por no graph ic (Bb)mag a zine,
and you smile,
mm.
But Cap tain (D)Jack will (G)get you high to night,
and take you (D)to your (G)spe cial is land.
Cap tain (D)Jack will (G)get you by to night,
just a lit tle (D)push ’n’ (G)you’ll be (C)smil in’.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
So, you Your sis ter’s to gone out,
she’s on a i date, day.
and you your just tape sit at home and your brand new and mas tur bate.
Your phone is gon na ring ain’t soon, no but you just can’t y wait
for that (Am7)call,
mm.
So, you stand on the corn ev er in your (Bbmaj7)new but Eng noth lish in’s clothes,
They’ve and you look so fa pol ished from your hair in down swim to pool, your toes,
(F)oh, and but still your fin be ger’s go gon na pick (Bbmaj7)back your nose school
an af y ter (Am7)all,
mm,
yeah.
But Cap tain (D)Jack will (G)get you high to night,
and take you (D)to your (G)spe cial is land.
Cap tain (D)Jack will (G)get you by to night,
just a lit tle (D)push ’n’ (G)you’ll be (C)smil in’.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
So, you de cide ter’s to take a
she’s hol a i date, day.
You got your just tape sit deck home and your brand new and Chev ro let,
Your oh, is gon there ring ain’t soon, no place you t’go an y way,
and what (Am7)for,
mm?
So, you stand So, you got ev ’ry thing, oh, (Bbmaj7)new but Eng noth lish in’s cool.
They’ve just found look your fa pol ther from your hair in the swim in’ pool, your toes,
(F)oh, and you guess you won’t be ger’s go in’ na pick (Bbmaj7)back your to school
an af y more, (Am7)all,
mm,
yeah.
mm.
(C)smil in’.
la, la, la,
oh,
yeah, yeah.
So, you play your al bums
and you smoke your pot.
And you meet your girl friend in the park in’ lot,
oh, but still you’re ach ing for the things you (Bbmaj7)have n’t got.
What went (Am7)wrong,
mm?
And if you can’t un der stand why your (Bbmaj7)world is so dead,
and why you’ve got to keep in style
and feed your head,
well, you’re twen ty one and still your moth er makes your bed.
And that’s too (Am7)long,
oh,
(D)whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But Cap tain Jack will get you high to night
and take you (D)to your (G)spe cial is land.
Well, now, Cap tain (D)Jack will (G)get you by to night,
just a lit tle (D)push and (G)you’ll be (C)smil in’.
Oh, But Cap tain Jack will get you high to night
and take you (D)to your (G)spe cial is land.
Well, now, Cap tain (D)Jack will (G)get you by to night,
just a lit tle (D)push and (G)you’ll be (C)smil in’.
Oh, (C)smil in’.
Yeah,
This page shows “Captain Jack” by Billy Joel in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 72 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.