Gulf Coast Tides chords by Ace Ford

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Laughin' girls are callin'
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Just to hear their voices ring
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Above the waters
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of that old warm Gulf Stream
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There's the sound of a shrimper
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She's the proud Betty Jean
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She looks a little worn down,
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but her diesel runs clean.
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Saw grassy waves,
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goodbye from the dunes,
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Out before daybreak
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and back home afternoon.
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And at night they'll be dancing
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at the Tarpon Saloon.
to the sounds on the jukebox,
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old country tunes.
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The tide slides out,
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the tide slides back in.
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Days have the breezes,
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but at night the wind stills.
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And the lights on the wave,
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they dance up and down
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The coastline of Texas
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and Gulf of Mexico's
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town
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The rigged boats are loaded
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with pipe -fog wells
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They turn up the ship channel,
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they head into the swells
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And  they pass by the tankers
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heading in from the sea
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Where they import and export
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that old Texas tea
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But the high water marks
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got residue from the spills
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Progress has a price,
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you and me pay the bills
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Oh, them white sand beaches,
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they have all turned to brown
And the shrimping's fell off,
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sport fishing catches down
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The tide slides out,
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and the tide slides back in
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Days have the breezes,
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but at night the wind's still
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And the lights on the way,
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they dance up and down
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The coastline of Texas
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and Gulf of Mexico's
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towns
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Well the folks they used
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to brag down here,
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they bike every day
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You poison the ocean,
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you can't say that today.
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And there's some quick to tell you
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that you can't turn the tide.
I don't know that it's true,
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but it's high time we tried.
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The tide slides out,
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and the tide slides back in.
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Days have the breezes,
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but at night the wind's still
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And  the lights  on the way,
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they dance up and down
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The coastline of Texas
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and Gulf of Mexico's
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towns
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And  momma used to say
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that the dolphins off the
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bow are good luck
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And sand dollars fell out
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of the pockets of mermaids
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They washed up here all the way
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from China  you