Gulf Coast Highway Chords by Nanci Griffith

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He [G] _ [D] worked the rails, _ _ _ he worked the rice fields [F#m] with the cool [G] dark clouds. _ _
_ [B] He [C#] worked [Bm] the oil rigs in [A] the Gulf of [F#m] Mexico.
[D] _ The [G] only thing we've [D] ever owned is this [A] old house here [D] by the road. _ _
_ And when [Bm] he dies, he [A] says he'll catch some [D] blackbirds away.
He [G] will fly away [F#m] to heaven, come [Em] some sweet blue by [D] the spring.
_ She _ [G] walked [D] through _ springtime _ [G] with _ [D] eyes on the moon.
[G] The days [D] were sweet, the _ [F#] nights [G] were _ _ warm.
_ Seasons [Bm] changed, jobs [A] would come, flowers [D] prayed.
This [G] old house felt so [D] alone _ [A] when the world turned real [D] red. _ _ _ _
And when [A] she [Bm] dies, she says she'll [A] catch some blackbird [D] wings.
She [G] will fly away to [D] heaven, come [A] some sweet blue by [D] the spring. _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Highwaymen leave, [G] the [D] cows are gone.
_ _ Weepin' down her garden, _ _ we [F#m] shed [G] a song. _
_ This is [Bm] the only place [A] on earth we've hit [D] the road.
And the [G] day is nearly come and [D] gone, and this old [A] house here by [D] the road. _ _
_ And when [A] he [Bm] dies, he says [A] he'll catch some [D] blackbirds away.
He [G] will fly away [D] to heaven, come [A] some sweet blue [D] by the spring. _ _
And when [Bm] he dies, he says he'll [A] catch some blackbirds [D] away.
We [G] will fly away _ [D] together, come [A] some sweet blue by the [D] spring. _ _ _
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