D5 G5 D5 Come and gather 'round me people and a tale to you I'll tell D5 A5 G5 D5 Of my father and his father in the days before the Spill D5 G5 D5 With an endless sky above 'em and a restless sea below D5 A5 G5 D5 And every blessing flowing from the Gulf of Mexico D5 G5 D5 Well my Granddad worked the shrimp boats from the time that he was grown D5 A5 G5 D5 And he scrimped and saved and bought himself a trawler of his own D5 G5 D5 He was rough and he was ready and he drank when he was home D5 A5 G5 D5 And he made his family's living on the Gulf of Mexico Chorus D5 G5 D5 D5 G5 D5 He was rolling, He was rolling D5 G5 A5 D5 Cross the deep blue water he was rolling D5 G5 D5 Well my Daddy drove a crew boat hauling workers to the rigs D5 A5 G5 D5 He was sick of mending nets and couldn't stand the smell of fish D5 G5 D5 He drew a steady paycheck 20 years from Texaco D5 A5 G5 D5 When he died we spread his ashes on the Gulf of Mexico Chorus D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 He was rolling, He was rolling D5 G5 A5 D5 Cross the deep green water he was rolling D5 G5 D5 As for me I dreamed of nothing any grander than the day D5 A5 G5 D5 That I stepped out on the drilling floor to earn a roughneck's pay D5 G5 D5 Then one night I swear I saw the devil crawlin' from the hole D5 A5 G5 D5 And he spilled the guts of hell out in the Gulf of Mexico Chorus D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 We were rolling, we were rolling D5 G5 A5 D5 Cross the blood red water we were rolling
