Gulf Coast Highway chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

CAPO: 2


Intro: C majorC

verse 1
N.C.    C majorC     FF     C majorC
Gulf coast highway, I worked the rails
 FF     C majorC           G+G     FF
I worked the rice fields with their cool, dark wells
       A minorAm       G+G      C majorC
I worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
     FF      C majorC         G+G         C majorC
The only thing I ever owned is this old house here by the road

      A minorAm      G+G           C majorC
But when I die I'm gonna catch some blackbird's wing
    FF      C majorC         G+G         C majorC
I will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring


verse 2
N.C.       C majorC        FF    C majorC
I walked through springtime when we were home
                   FF
Our days were sweet, our nights were warm
      A minorAm         G+G         C majorC
The seasons changed, jobs would come, the flowers fade
       FF       C majorC     G+G       C majorC
And this old house felt so alone when work took him away


      A minorAm         G+G           C majorC
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
    FF      C majorC         G+G         C majorC
He will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring


Instrumental: E MajorE  FF E MajorE  A augmentedA D MajorD  G+G  FF


verse 3
N.C.  C majorC    FF    C majorC
Highway 90, the jobs are gone
                FF
We tend our garden, we set the sun
      A minorAm      G+G         C majorC
This is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow
    FF         C majorC        G+G         C majorC
Once a year they come and grow at this old house here by the road


      A minorAm        G+G           C majorC
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
    FF      C majorC         G+G         C majorC
We will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring


      A minorAm        G+G           C majorC
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
    FF     C majorC         G+G         C majorC
We will fly away together, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring