Robert Earl Keen Jr – Corpus Christi Bay chords

Here is a great Robert Earl Keen Jr. song off his A Bigger Piece of Sky
Album

Corpus Christi Bay
by Robert Earl Keen Jr.

Capo on 3rd fret

G                                                                                         C  GI worked the rigs from three Ttil midnight
G                                     COn the Corpus Christi Bay
C                          GIUd get off and drink Ttil daylight
G                 DSleep the mornin away
D                       C GI had a plan to take my wages
G                         CLeave the rigs behind for good
C                      G               DBut that life it is contagious
D                                      GAnd it gets down in your blood


G                                                                                         C  GI lived in Corpus with my brother
G                                      CWe were always on the run
C                          GWe were bad for one another
G                 DBut we were good at having fun
D                       C GWe got stoned along the seawall
G                         CWe got drunk and rolled a car
C                      G               DWe knew the girls at every dancehall
D                                      GHad a tab at every bar


Chorus:
G                       D              CIf I could live my life all over
C                                      GIt wouldnUt matter anyway
G                       C              DTCause I never could stay sober
D                                      GOn the Corpus Christi Bay


G                                                                                         C  GMy brother had a wife and family
G                                      CYou know he gave Tem a good home
C                            GBut his wife thought we were crazy
G                 DAnd one day we found her gone
D                              C    GWe threw here clothes into the car trunk
G                         CHer photographs her rosary
C                      G              DWe went to the pier and got drunk
D                                     GAnd threw it all into the sea

CHORUS
G                           D         CIf I could live my life all over
C                                     GIt wouldnUt matter anyway
G                         C           DTCause I never could stay sober
D                                     GOn the Corpus Christi Bay


G                                                                                       C  GNow my brother lives in Houston
G                                     CHe married for the second time
C                          GHe got a job with the union
G                 DAnd it's keeping him in line
D                           C GHe came to Corpus just this weekend
G                         CIt was good to see him here
C                      G              DHe said he finally gave up drinkinU
D                                     GThen he ordered me a beer

CHORUS (TWICE)
G                           D         CIf I could live my life all over
C                                     GIt wouldnUt matter anyway
G                         C           DTCause I never could stay sober
D                                     GOn the Corpus Christi Bay
G                           D         CIf I could live my life all over
C                                     GIt wouldnUt matter anyway
G                         C           DTCause I never could stay sober
D                                     GOn the Corpus Christi Bay