Here are the chords I use. I don't know if they match the ones used by Nanci et al.Genie
Gulf Coast Highway
(James Hooker/Nanci Griffith/Danny Flowers)[tacit] C F
Gulf Coast Highway, he worked the rails.
C Am Am7 Dm
He worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells.
C 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.G C F
And when he dies, he says, he'll catch some blackbird's wing,
F C G G7 C
Then he will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring.G C F
She walked through springtime when I was home.
C Am Am7 Dm
The days were sweet, the nights were warm.
C G C
The seasons change, the jobs would come, the flowers fade.
F C G C
This old house felt so alone when the work took me away.G C F
And when she dies, she says, she'll catch some blackbird's wing.
F C G G7 C
Then she will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring.
C F
Highway 90, the jobs are gone.
C Am Am7 Dm
We tend our garden, we set the sun.
C G C
This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow.
F C G C
Once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road.
G C F
And when we die, we say, we'll catch some blackbird's wing,
F C G G7 C
Then we will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring.G C F
And when we die, we say, we'll catch some blackbird's wing,
F C G G7 C
Then we will fly away together, come some sweet blue bonnet spring.