Capo on 3rd fret Original Key: Bb [Verse 1] G C G I worked the rigs from three 'til midnight G C On the Corpus Christi Bay C G I'd get off and drink 'til daylight G D Sleep the mornin' away D C G I had a plan to take my wages G C Leave the rigs behind for good C G D But that life it is contagious D G And it gets down in your blood [Verse 2] G C G I lived in Corpus with my brother G C We were always on the run C G We were bad for one another G D But we were good at having fun D C G We got stoned along the seawall G C We got drunk and rolled a car C G D We knew the girls at every dancehall D G Had a tab at every bar [Chorus] G D C If I could live my life all over C G It wouldn't matter anyway G C D 'Cause I never could stay sober D G On the Corpus Christi Bay [Verse 3] G C G My brother had a wife and family G C You know he gave 'em a good home C G But his wife thought we were crazy G D And one day we found her gone D C G We threw her clothes into the car trunk G C Her photographs, her rosary C G D We went to the pier and got drunk D G And threw it all into the sea [Chorus] G D C If I could live my life all over C G It wouldn't matter anyway G C D 'Cause I never could stay sober D G On the Corpus Christi Bay [Verse 4] G C G Now my brother lives in Houston G C He married for the second time C G He got a job with the union G D And it's keeping him in line D C G He came to Corpus just this weekend G C It was good to see him here C G D He said he finally gave up drinkin' D G Then he ordered me a beer [Chorus] G D C If I could live my life all over C G It wouldn't matter anyway G C D 'Cause I never could stay sober D G On the Corpus Christi Bay G D C If I could live my life all over C G It wouldn't matter anyway G C D 'Cause I never could stay sober D G On the Corpus Christi Bay
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