Chords for Steve Earle - Gulf of Mexico (2011)
Tempo:
128 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] Come and gather [Am] round me people, [A] hand a tale [G] to you I'll tell
Of my [F] father and his father in the [C] days before the spill
With an endless sky above them, and a restless [G] sea below
[D] And every blessing [F] flowing from [C] the Gulf of Mexico
[F] [C]
[G] [F]
[C] From my granddad worked the street boats, from [F] the time that he was [C] grown
And [G] he scrimped and saved and bought himself [F] a trogger of [C] his
He was rough and he was ready, [F] and he drank when he [C] was home
And [G] he made his family's living [F] on the Gulf of Mexico
[C] He [F] was [C] rolling, he [F] was
[C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [F] blue weather he [G] was rolling
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [G]
[C]
Well my daddy drove a crew boat [F] hauling workers to the [C] rigs
He [G] was sick of mending nets and couldn't [F] stand the smell of [C] fish
He threw a steady paycheck twenty [F] years to [C] Texaco
When he [G] died we spread his ashes on [F] the Gulf of [C] Mexico
He [F] was [C] rolling, he [F] was [C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [Am] green water he [G] was rolling
[C]
[F] [C]
[G]
[F] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[G]
As [C] for me, I dreamed of nothing [F] any grander [C] than the day
That [G] I stepped out on the drilling floor [F] to earn a roughneck [C] pay
Then one night I swear I saw the devil [F] crawling from the [C] hole
And [G] he spilled the guts of hell out in [F] the Gulf of [C] Mexico
We were [F]
[C] rolling, we [F] were rolling, [C]
across the black dredged water we were [G]
rolling
Of my [F] father and his father in the [C] days before the spill
With an endless sky above them, and a restless [G] sea below
[D] And every blessing [F] flowing from [C] the Gulf of Mexico
[F] [C]
[G] [F]
[C] From my granddad worked the street boats, from [F] the time that he was [C] grown
And [G] he scrimped and saved and bought himself [F] a trogger of [C] his
He was rough and he was ready, [F] and he drank when he [C] was home
And [G] he made his family's living [F] on the Gulf of Mexico
[C] He [F] was [C] rolling, he [F] was
[C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [F] blue weather he [G] was rolling
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [G]
[C]
Well my daddy drove a crew boat [F] hauling workers to the [C] rigs
He [G] was sick of mending nets and couldn't [F] stand the smell of [C] fish
He threw a steady paycheck twenty [F] years to [C] Texaco
When he [G] died we spread his ashes on [F] the Gulf of [C] Mexico
He [F] was [C] rolling, he [F] was [C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [Am] green water he [G] was rolling
[C]
[F] [C]
[G]
[F] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[G]
As [C] for me, I dreamed of nothing [F] any grander [C] than the day
That [G] I stepped out on the drilling floor [F] to earn a roughneck [C] pay
Then one night I swear I saw the devil [F] crawling from the [C] hole
And [G] he spilled the guts of hell out in [F] the Gulf of [C] Mexico
We were [F]
[C] rolling, we [F] were rolling, [C]
across the black dredged water we were [G]
rolling
Key:
C
F
G
Am
A
C
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G
[N] Come and gather [Am] round me people, [A] hand a tale [G] to you I'll tell
Of my [F] father and his father in the [C] days before the spill
_ With an endless sky above them, and a restless [G] sea below
_ [D] And every blessing [F] flowing from [C] the Gulf of _ Mexico _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ From my granddad worked the street boats, from [F] the time that he was [C] grown
_ And [G] he scrimped and saved and bought himself [F] a trogger of [C] his
He _ was rough and he was ready, _ [F] and he drank when he [C] was home
And [G] he made his family's living [F] on the Gulf of Mexico
[C] _ He [F] was _ _ [C] rolling, _ he [F] was _
_ _ [C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [F] blue weather he [G] was _ rolling
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well my daddy drove a crew boat _ [F] hauling workers to the [C] rigs
He [G] was sick of mending nets and couldn't [F] stand the smell of [C] fish
He _ threw a steady paycheck twenty [F] years to [C] Texaco
When he [G] died we spread his ashes on [F] the Gulf of _ [C] Mexico _
He [F] was _ _ [C] rolling, _ he [F] was _ _ [C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [Am] green water he [G] was rolling
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
As [C] for me, I dreamed of nothing [F] any grander [C] than the day
That [G] I stepped out on the drilling floor [F] to earn a roughneck [C] pay _
Then one night I swear I saw the devil [F] crawling from the [C] hole
And [G] he spilled the guts of hell out in [F] the Gulf of [C] Mexico _ _
We _ _ _ were [F] _
_ _ [C] rolling, _ _ we [F] were _ _ _ rolling, [C] _
_ _ across the black _ dredged water _ we were [G] _ _
rolling _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Of my [F] father and his father in the [C] days before the spill
_ With an endless sky above them, and a restless [G] sea below
_ [D] And every blessing [F] flowing from [C] the Gulf of _ Mexico _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ From my granddad worked the street boats, from [F] the time that he was [C] grown
_ And [G] he scrimped and saved and bought himself [F] a trogger of [C] his
He _ was rough and he was ready, _ [F] and he drank when he [C] was home
And [G] he made his family's living [F] on the Gulf of Mexico
[C] _ He [F] was _ _ [C] rolling, _ he [F] was _
_ _ [C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [F] blue weather he [G] was _ rolling
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well my daddy drove a crew boat _ [F] hauling workers to the [C] rigs
He [G] was sick of mending nets and couldn't [F] stand the smell of [C] fish
He _ threw a steady paycheck twenty [F] years to [C] Texaco
When he [G] died we spread his ashes on [F] the Gulf of _ [C] Mexico _
He [F] was _ _ [C] rolling, _ he [F] was _ _ [C] rolling, and the drafts of deep [Am] green water he [G] was rolling
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
As [C] for me, I dreamed of nothing [F] any grander [C] than the day
That [G] I stepped out on the drilling floor [F] to earn a roughneck [C] pay _
Then one night I swear I saw the devil [F] crawling from the [C] hole
And [G] he spilled the guts of hell out in [F] the Gulf of [C] Mexico _ _
We _ _ _ were [F] _
_ _ [C] rolling, _ _ we [F] were _ _ _ rolling, [C] _
_ _ across the black _ dredged water _ we were [G] _ _
rolling _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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