Key: C major•
Verse 1
G
C
And a tale to you I'll tell
With an endless sky above 'em
G
C
And a restless sea below
F
C
And every blessin' flowing from the Gulf
Interlude 1
C
F
C
Gm
G
Gm
F
C
Verse 2
the shrimp boats
F
C
From the time that he was grown
F
C
A trawler of his own
He was rough and he was ready
F
C
And he drank when he was home
F
C
on the Gulf of Mexico
Verse 3
F
C
He was rollin'
F
C
He was rollin'
Interlude 2
C
F
C
F
C
F
G
C
Verse 4
F
C
Haulin' workers to the rigs
F
C
Twenty years from Texaco
G
Gm
When he died we spread his ashes
G
F
C
On the Gulf of Mexico
Verse 5
F
C
He was rollin'
F
C
He was rollin'
G
C
Em
F
'Cross the deep green water
Am
G
He was rollin'
Interlude 3
C
F
C
G
F
C
G
C
F
C
G
F
G
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
G
C
Verse 6
F
C
Any grander than the day
F
C
To earn a roughneck's pay
Then one night I swear
I saw the devil
F
C
Crawlin' from the hole
C
Verse 7
F
C
We were rollin'
F
C
We were rollin'
G
F
'Cross the blood-red wa ter
water
G
C
We were rollin'
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