Kunci Gitar Nanci Griffith - Gulf Coast Highway

capo on 2nd fret

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gulf coast highway , he worked the rails
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he worked the rice fields with their cool , dark wells
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he worked the oil rigs in the gulf of mexico
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the only thing we’ve ever owned is this old house here by the road
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and when he dies he says he’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
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and he will fly away to heaven , come some sweet blue bonnet spring .

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she walked through springtime when i was home
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our days were sweet , our nights were warm
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the seasons changed , the jobs would come , the flowers fade
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and this house felt so alone , when the work took me away
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and when she dies he says she’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
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and she will fly away to heaven , come some sweet blue bonnet spring .

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higway 90 , the jobs are gone now
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we tend our garden and we set the sun
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this is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
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and once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road
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and when we die we say we’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
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and we will fly away to heaven , come some sweet blue bonnet spring .

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and when we die we say we’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
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and we will fly away together , come some sweet blue bonnet spring .