Gulf Road Chords by James Mcmurtry

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Not a hot cup of coffee, _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ nor a cold [C#m] glass of tea, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] [A] Ever _ crossed your lips in my _ [E] company.
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[C#m] Straight bourbon [E] _ whiskey _ _ was _ _ _ [A] all [C#m] we'd abide,
_ _ So _ _ _ let's don't hold [A] back now, _ we got nothing [E] to hide. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ So much we savored, _ _ _ _ _ and yet [C#m] so much we missed,
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You [A] know I never meant you to see me [E] like this. _ _
_ _ _ _ Just [A] a faint distant [E] flicker _ _ from _ _ _ the last [A] of the [C#m] storm,
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_ [A] Now a taste of that liquor could do me [E] no harm.
Light [C#m] me a candle, _ _
_ [A] light me [E] a fire, _
_ Come sit by [B] the _ window _ [A] with the shade [E] _ drawn. _ _ _ _ _
To the [A] best [C#m] of intentions, _ _ _ [A] to the worst [E] of _ desires, _ _ _ _ _ _
Leave by [B] the Gulf _ Road [A] in the great [E] _ _
dawn. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Take _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ a short-handled shovel, _ _ _ _ _ _ take a long [C#m]-handled hoe, _
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_ _ [A] Cover my bones when the west [E] wind blows. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Smooth it off even, _ _ _ _ _ _ and [A] pack it [C#m] down hard,
_ _ _ _ _ And I'll no more [A] be here, _ _ but I'll never be [E] far. _ _
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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Light me [C#m] a candle, _ _ _ _ [A]
light me [E] a fire, _ _
Come sit by [B] the _ window [E] _ [A] with the _ shade [E] _
drawn.
_ _ _ _ _ To the best [C#m] of intentions, _ _ to [A] the worst [E] of desires, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Leave by the Gulf _ _ [A] Road in the _ [E] great _ dawn. _ _
_ _ _ _ Leave by [B] the Gulf _ [E] Road [A] in the great [E] _ dawn. _ _ _ _
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