Steve Earle – Gulf Of Mexico chords
Chords:
Steve Earle sings first verse a cappella, but I provide chords for those of us lacking confidence in our voices...D G DCome and gather 'round me people and a tale to you I'll tellD A G DOf my father and his father in the days before the SpillD G DWith an endless sky above 'em and a restless sea belowD A G DAnd every blessing flowing from the Gulf of MexicoD G DWell my Granddad worked the shrimp boats from the time that he was grownD A G DAnd he scrimped and saved and bought himself a trawler of his ownD G DHe was rough and he was ready and he drank when he was homeD A G DAnd he made his family's living on the Gulf of MexicoChorusD G D D G DHe was rolling, He was rollingD G A DCross the deep blue water he was rollingD G DWell my Daddy drove a crew boat hauling workers to the rigsD A G DHe was sick of mending nets and couldn't stand the smell of fishD G DHe drew a steady paycheck 20 years from TexacoD A G DWhen he died we spread his ashes on the Gulf of MexicoChorusD G D G DHe was rolling, He was rollingD G A DCross the deep green water he was rollingD G DAs for me I dreamed of nothing any grander than the dayD A GDThat I stepped out on the drilling floor to earn a roughneck's payD G DThen one night I swear I saw the devil crawlin' from the holeD A G DAnd he spilled the guts of hell out in the Gulf of MexicoChorusD G D G DWe were rolling, we were rollingD G A DCross the blood red water we were rolling