Nanci Griffith – Gulf Coast Highway chords ver. 2

Gulf Coast Highway
Nanci Griffith
        
G               C                   GGulf coast highway, he worked the rails,
G                                             CHe worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells,
              Em               D        GHe worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico,
        C                  G              D                     GThe only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road

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          Em                    D                   GAnd when he dies, he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
           C             G                  D                    GAnd he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring

G                     C                   GShe walked through spring time, when I was home
G                                   COur days were sweet, the nights were warm
        Em               D             GSeasons pass, jobs would come, flowers fade, 
         C               G          D              GThis old house felt so alone when the work took me away
 
             Em                    D                       GAnd when she dies, she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing,
             C             G                    D               GAnd she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring.

G              C          GHighway 90, the jobs are gone,
G                           CWe tend our garden, we set the sun
            Em                   D            GThis is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
       C                 G                    D                    GAnd once a year they come and go At this old house here by the road
            Em                  D                    GAnd when we die, we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing,
        C             G                       D                    GAnd we will fly away together come some sweet blue bonnet spring.