Gulf Coast Highway
Nanci Griffith
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32 1 C: x32010 |
134211
F: 133211 |
231
Am: x02210 |
3 4
G: 3x0003 |
Intro: Instrumental Chorus
C (2½) F (½) C (2)
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails
C (2) F (2)
He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells
Am G C
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
F C
G C (2)
The only thing we've owned is this old house here by the road
Chorus:
Am
G C
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
F
C G C (2)
And we will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring
C (2½) F (½) C (2)
She walked through springtime when I was home
C (2) F (2
The days were sweet, our nights were warm
Am G
C
The seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade,
F
C G C (2)
and this old house felt so alone when the work took me away
Chorus:
Am
G C
And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
F
C G C (2)
And we will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Instrumental Verse and Chorus
C (2½) F (½) C (2)
Highway 90, the jobs are gone
C (2)
F (2
We kept our garden, we set the sun
Am G C
This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow
F C
G C (2)
And once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road
Chorus:
Am
G C
And when we die we say we’ll catch some blackbird's wing
F
C G C (2)
And we will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Am
G C
Yes when we die we say we’ll catch some blackbird's wing
F
C G (ritard)
C (2, hold second measure)
And we will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring