Gulf Coast Highway chords by Nanci Griffith

C
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails
                        F
He worked the rice fields with their cool, dark wells
       Am       G      C
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
      F        C        G        C
The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road
      Am         G           C
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
       F      C         G        C
And he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

C
She walked through springtime when I was home
                   F
Our days were sweet, our nights were warm
       Am           G         C
The seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade
     F       C       G      C
And this house felt so alone, when the work took me away
       Am         G           C
And when she dies he says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
       F      C         G        C
And she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

C
Higway 90, the jobs are gone now
                  F
We tend our garden and we set the sun
       Am      G         C
This is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow
      F         C       G         C
And once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road
      Am         G           C
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
       F      C         G        C
And we will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

      Am         G           C
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
       F      C         G        C