Chords for Robert Earl Keen - Corpus Christi Bay
Tempo:
123.75 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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If I don't wear a ski jacket, put the book on,
[B]
[E] [B]
the book.
on the cold and [E] stiffy bed?
Fallin' off on a [B] cold, creeping help [F#] my way.
[C#m] [B] Couples濃い青い血
You to me faint [E] with blood.
[B]
[E] [B]
the book.
on the cold and [E] stiffy bed?
Fallin' off on a [B] cold, creeping help [F#] my way.
[C#m] [B] Couples濃い青い血
You to me faint [E] with blood.
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F#
C#m
C#
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If I don't wear a ski jacket, put the book on,
I'll put _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
the book.
How would there ever be a man
on _ the cold and [E] stiffy bed?
_ Fallin' off on a [B] cold, creeping _ _ _ help [F#] my way.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] Couples濃い青い血
_ You to me faint [E] with blood.
_ _ Part of the [B] energy of tasty _
_ [F#] bliss
and get stabbed in your [B] blood. _
_ _ I've been involved in [E] a number [B] of crimes. _
_ We were [E] always on the run. _
_ We were bad boys.
[B] _ _ _
_ But we were good at [F#] having fun. _
_ We got stoned [E] on the [B] city mall.
_ We got drunk and [E] rolled the car. _
_ We were the girls [B] that talked.
_ [F#] _ Out of tatters.
[B] _ _ _
_ [C#] We were talking little.
_ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] It was not [B] any good. _ _
_ _ I never did [E] say so good. _
_ [F#] _ On that cold [B] Mississippi Bay. _
_ But I had a wife and family.
_ Even though she gave a good [E] home. _
_ But it was _ [B] crazy. _
_ _ One [F#] day we found her gone. _
_ We threw her clothes [E] into the [B] car _ trunk.
Her photographs and [E] rosary. _
_ We went to the [B] funeral. _ _
[F#] _ _ Look at [C#m] all the Jews [B] there. _
_ _ I'm giving up [F#] my love. _ _
_ [E] It was not [B] any good. _
_ _ _ I never did [E] say so good.
_ [F#] _ On that cold Mississippi [B] Bay.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ Now my brother lives [E] in [B] Houston.
_ _ He married for the second [E] time.
_ He got a good [B] job at the union.
_ _ And it's keeping [F#] him alive.
_ _ He can go [E] to the [B] weekend.
_ _ It's good to [E] see him here. _
_ _ Peace and fun [B] together.
It [F#] _ _ _ _ doesn't [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ matter.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ I never did say [E] so good. _
_ [F#] _ On that cold Mississippi [B] Bay.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ It doesn't matter.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ I never [E] did say so good.
_ [F#] _ On that cold [B] Mississippi Bay.
Take it away.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Thank _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _ _
you very much.
_ _ _ _ We like
I'll put _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
the book.
How would there ever be a man
on _ the cold and [E] stiffy bed?
_ Fallin' off on a [B] cold, creeping _ _ _ help [F#] my way.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] Couples濃い青い血
_ You to me faint [E] with blood.
_ _ Part of the [B] energy of tasty _
_ [F#] bliss
and get stabbed in your [B] blood. _
_ _ I've been involved in [E] a number [B] of crimes. _
_ We were [E] always on the run. _
_ We were bad boys.
[B] _ _ _
_ But we were good at [F#] having fun. _
_ We got stoned [E] on the [B] city mall.
_ We got drunk and [E] rolled the car. _
_ We were the girls [B] that talked.
_ [F#] _ Out of tatters.
[B] _ _ _
_ [C#] We were talking little.
_ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] It was not [B] any good. _ _
_ _ I never did [E] say so good. _
_ [F#] _ On that cold [B] Mississippi Bay. _
_ But I had a wife and family.
_ Even though she gave a good [E] home. _
_ But it was _ [B] crazy. _
_ _ One [F#] day we found her gone. _
_ We threw her clothes [E] into the [B] car _ trunk.
Her photographs and [E] rosary. _
_ We went to the [B] funeral. _ _
[F#] _ _ Look at [C#m] all the Jews [B] there. _
_ _ I'm giving up [F#] my love. _ _
_ [E] It was not [B] any good. _
_ _ _ I never did [E] say so good.
_ [F#] _ On that cold Mississippi [B] Bay.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ Now my brother lives [E] in [B] Houston.
_ _ He married for the second [E] time.
_ He got a good [B] job at the union.
_ _ And it's keeping [F#] him alive.
_ _ He can go [E] to the [B] weekend.
_ _ It's good to [E] see him here. _
_ _ Peace and fun [B] together.
It [F#] _ _ _ _ doesn't [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ matter.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ I never did say [E] so good. _
_ [F#] _ On that cold Mississippi [B] Bay.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ It doesn't matter.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ I never [E] did say so good.
_ [F#] _ On that cold [B] Mississippi Bay.
Take it away.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Thank _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _ _
you very much.
_ _ _ _ We like