Gulf Coast Highway chords by Nanci Griffith

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Verse 1
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Gulf Coast Highway
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He worked the rails
He worked the rice fields
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With their cool dark wells
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He worked the oil rigs in the
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Gulf of Mexico
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The only thing 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
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The nights were warm
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The seasons change, the jobs would
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Come, the flowers fade
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This old house felt so alone

Verse 5
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When the work took me away
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And when she dies she says, she'll
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Catch some blackbirds wing
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Then she will fly away
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to Heaven come
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Some sweet blue bonnet spring
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Verse 6
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Highway 90
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The jobs are gone
We tend our garden
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We set the sun
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This is the only place on earth
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Blue bonnets grow
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Once a year they come and go
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At this old house here by
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the road

Verse 7
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And when we die we say, we'll
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Catch some blackbirds wing
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Then we will fly away to Heav
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en come
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Some sweet blue bonnet spring