Steve Earle

Gulf Of Mexico(Chords)

Steve Earle

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D                                      G                D 
Come and gather 'round me people and a tale to you I'll tell 
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Of my father and his father in the days before the Spill 
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With an endless sky above 'em and a restless sea below 
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And every blessing flowing from the Gulf of Mexico 

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Well my Granddad worked the shrimp boats from the time that he was grown 
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And he scrimped and saved and bought himself a trawler of his own 
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He was rough and he was ready and he drank when he was home 
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And he made his family's living on the Gulf of Mexico 

D G D D G D He was rolling, He was rolling D G A D Cross the deep blue water he was rolling
D G D Well my Daddy drove a crew boat hauling workers to the rigs D A G D He was sick of mending nets and couldn't stand the smell of fish D G D He drew a steady paycheck 20 years from Texaco D A G D When he died we spread his ashes on the Gulf of Mexico
D G D G D He was rolling, He was rolling D G A D Cross the deep green water he was rolling
D G D As for me I dreamed of nothing any grander than the day D A G D That I stepped out on the drilling floor to earn a roughneck's pay D G D Then one night I swear I saw the devil crawlin' from the hole D A G D And he spilled the guts of hell out in the Gulf of Mexico
D G D G D We were rolling, we were rolling D G A D Cross the blood red water we were rolling

Written by Steve Earle

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