Gulf Coast Highway chords by Nanci Griffith

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) Gulf Coast Highway
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D 
He  (G major) worked the  (D major) rails
He worked the rice fields
G 
With their cool dark  (G major) wells
Bm 
He worked the  (B minor) oil rigs in the
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D 
 (A major) Gulf of Mexico  (D major) 
G 
The only thing  (G major) we've ever owned

Verse 2

Is this old house here by the road

And when he dies he says he'll catch

Some blackbird's wing

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Verse 3

Then he will fly away to Heaven come

Some sweet blue bonnet spring

She walked through springtime

When I was home

The days were sweet

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) 
F#m 
G 
The  (F sharp minor) nights were warm  (G major) 
Bm 
The seasons change,  (B minor) the jobs would
A 
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Come,  (A major) the flowers fade  (D major) 
G 
This old  (G major) house felt so alone

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) 
A 
D 
When the  (A major) work took me away  (D major) 
Bm 
And when she dies  (B minor) she says, she'll
A 
D 
Catch  (A major) some blackbirds wing  (D major) 
G 
Then she will fly  (G major) away
D 
to Heav (D major) en come
A 
D 
Some  (A major) sweet blue bonnet spring  (D major) 
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 (F sharp major)  (G major)  (F sharp major)  (B major)  (E major) 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 6
A 
 (A major) 
D 
Highway  (D major) 90
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D 
The  (G major) jobs are  (D major) gone
We tend our garden
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We set the sun (G major) 
Bm 
This is the  (B minor) only place on earth
A 
D 
 (A major) Blue bonnets grow  (D major) 
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D 
Once a year  (G major) they come and go  (D major) 
A 
At this old house  (A major) here by
D 
the  (D major) road

Verse 7
Bm 
And when we die  (B minor) we say, we'll
A 
D 
Catch  (A major) some blackbirds wing  (D major) 
G 
Then we will fly  (G major) away to Heav
D 
 (D major) en come
A 
D 
Some sweet  (A major) blue bonnet spring  (D major) 