Gulf Coast Highway chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard tuning


G+G        C majorC          G+G
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails,
G+G                       C majorC
He worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells,
       E minorEm        D MajorD    G+G
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico,
    C majorC         G+G       D MajorD           G+G
The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road

Chorus
     E minorEm          D MajorD          G+G
And when he dies, he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
      C majorC       G+G         D MajorD          G+G
And he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring

G+G           C majorC          G+G
She walked through spring time, when I was home
G+G                  C majorC
Our days were sweet, the nights were warm
    E minorEm        D MajorD       G+G
Seasons pass, jobs would come, flowers fade,
     C majorC        G+G     D MajorD       G+G
This old house felt so alone when the work took me away

       E minorEm          D MajorD            G+G
And when she dies, she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing,
       C majorC       G+G          D MajorD        G+G
And she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring.

G+G       C majorC     G+G
Highway 90, the jobs are gone,
G+G              C majorC
We tend our garden, we set the sun
      E minorEm          D MajorD      G+G
This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
    C majorC         G+G          D MajorD          G+G
And once a year they come and go At this old house here by the road
      E minorEm         D MajorD          G+G
And when we die, we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing,
    C majorC       G+G            D MajorD          G+G
And we will fly away together come some sweet blue bonnet spring.

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