Gulf Coast Highway

	  		



Intro: C 

verse 1 
N.C.       C          F          C 
Gulf coast highway, I worked the rails 
  F          C                      G          F 
I worked the rice fields with their cool, dark wells 
             Am              G           C 
I worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico 
         F            C                 G                 C 
The only thing I ever owned is this old house here by the road 


           Am            G                      C 
But when I die I'm gonna catch some blackbird's wing 
       F           C                 G                 C 
I will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring 



verse 2 
N.C.             C               F       C 
I walked through springtime when we were home 
                                     F 
Our days were sweet, our nights were warm 
            Am                  G                 C 
The seasons changed, jobs would come, the flowers fade 
             F              C         G              C 
And this old house felt so alone when work took him away 

 
            Am                 G                      C 
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing 
        F           C                 G                 C 
He will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring 



Instrumental: E    F  E    A  D   G   F 


verse 3 
N.C.    C       F        C 
Highway 90, the jobs are gone 
                               F 
We tend our garden, we set the sun 
            Am            G                  C 
This is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow 
       F                  C                G                 C 
Once a year they come and grow at this old house here by the road 

 
            Am               G                      C 
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing 
        F           C                 G                 C 
We will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring 


            Am               G                      C 
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing 
        F          C                 G                 C 
We will fly away together, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring