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Gulf Coast Highway Chords

Capo on 2nd fret
 
[Verse]
C
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails
                                         
He worked the rice fields with their cool, 
        F
dark wells
              Am              G            C
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
           F                C               
The only thing we've ever owned is this 
     G                C
old house here by the road
            Am                 
And when he dies he says he'll 
G                      C
catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C      
And he will fly away to heaven, 
           G                C
come some sweet Bluebonnet spring.
 
[Verse]
C
She walked through springtime when I was home
                                      F
Our days were sweet, our nights were warm
             Am                     G                  C
The seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade
          F              C              G            C
And this house felt so alone, when the work took me away
             Am                 G                      C
And when she dies he says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C      
And he will fly away to heaven, 
           G                C
come some sweet Bluebonnet spring.
 
[Verse]
C
Highway 90, the jobs are gone now
                                   F
We tend our garden and we set the sun
             Am           G                  C
This is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow
           F                  C     
And once a year they come and go at 
         G                  C
this old house here by the road
            Am                 G                      C
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C      
And he will fly away to heaven, 
           G                C
come some sweet Bluebonnet spring.
 
[Outro]
            Am                 G                      C
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C      
And he will fly away together, 
           G                C
come some sweet Bluebonnet spring.

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