Nanci Griffith - Gulf Coast Highway Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ Gulf Coast Highway
_ _ _ _ [G] Work [D] the rail
_ _ _ He worked the horse wheels
_ [F#] With their cool [Em] dark wheels
[G] _ _ _ He worked [Bm] the oil
[A] It's in the Gulf of [D] Mexico
The only [G] thing we've ever
[D] _
Is this old [A] house here [D] by it _
_ _ _ _ And [Bm] when he dies he says
[A] He'll catch some blackbirds
[D] _
We will [G] fly away into [D]
heaven
Come [Am] some sweet blue [D] bonnet spring
She _ _ [G] _ walked [D] through [E] springtime
_ [D] _ [G] When I [D] was home
_ _ _ _ [G] Days [D] were sweet
_ Our _ [F#m] nights [G] were warm
The _ _ seasons [Bm] changed
_ [A] Jobs would come
[C#] The [D] flowers fade
And this [G] old house felt [D] so long
_ When [A] the work took [D] me away
_ And _ when she [Bm] dies
She says she'll [A] catch some [D] blackbirds
We will [G] fly away [D] into heaven
Come some [A] sweet blue [D] bonnet spring
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[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Jobs _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] are gone
We can buy a garden _
We set the [G] sun _ _ _
This is [Bm] the only place [A] on earth
Blue [D] bonnets grow
Once [G] a year they come [D] and go
At this old house here by the _ _ road
And when he [Bm] dies he says
[A] He'll catch some [D] blackbirds
We will [G]
fly away [D] into heaven
Come [A] some sweet blue bonnet [D] spring _ _ _
Yes when [Bm] we die we say
We'll [A] catch some blackbirds
[D] _ We will [G]
fly away _ [D] together
Come some [A] sweet blue [D] bonnet spring _ _ _ _
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