gulf road chords by James McMurtry
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Not a hot cup of coffee,
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nor a cold glass of tea
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Ever crossed your lips in my company
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Straight bourbon whiskey
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was all we'd abide
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So let's don't hold back now,
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we've got nothing to hide
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Verse 2
So much we savored yet
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so much we missed
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You know I never meant
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you to see me like this
Just a faint distant flicker from
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the last of the storm
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You know a taste of that liquor
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could do me no harm
Verse 3
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Light me a candle, light me a fire
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Come and sit by the window
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with the shades drawn
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Bm
To the best of in tentions
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and the worst of desires
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D
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Leave by the Gulf Road in the gray dawn
Interlude 1
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Bm
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Em
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Verse 4
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Take a short handled shovel,
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take a long handled hoe
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Cover my bones when
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the west wind blows
Smooth it off even and
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pack it down hard
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Now, no more be here but I'll never be far
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I'll no more be here
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but I'll never be far
Verse 5
Bm
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Light me a candle, light me a fire
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Come and sit by the window
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D
with the shades drawn
Bm
To the best of intentions
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D
and the worst of de sires
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Leave by the Gulf Road
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D
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D
in the gray dawn
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G
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Leave by the Gulf Road in the gray dawn
gulf road
James McMurtry
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