Nanci Griffith – Gulf Coast Highway chords

Capo on 2nd fret

CGulf coast highway, he worked the rails
                                                F                                He worked the rice fields with their cool, dark wells
              Am              G            CHe worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
           F                C               G                CThe only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road
            Am                 G                      CAnd when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C                 G                CAnd he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

CShe walked through springtime when I was home
                                      FOur days were sweet, our nights were warm
             Am                     G                  CThe seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade
          F              C              G            CAnd this house felt so alone, when the work took me away
             Am                 G                      CAnd when she dies he says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C                 G                CAnd she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

CHigway 90, the jobs are gone now
                                   FWe tend our garden and we set the sun
             Am           G                  CThis is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow
           F                  C              G                  CAnd once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road
            Am                 G                      CAnd when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C                 G                CAnd we will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

            Am                 G                      CAnd when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
             F           C                 G                CAnd we will fly away together, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.