Capo on 2nd fret C5 Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails F5 He worked the rice fields with their cool, dark wells A5 G5 C5 He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico F5 C5 G5 C5 The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road A5 G5 C5 And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing F5 C5 G5 C5 And he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring. C5 She walked through springtime when I was home F5 Our days were sweet, our nights were warm A5 G5 C5 The seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade F5 C5 G5 C5 And this house felt so alone, when the work took me away A5 G5 C5 And when she dies he says she'll catch some blackbird's wing F5 C5 G5 C5 And she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring. C5 Higway 90, the jobs are gone now F5 We tend our garden and we set the sun A5 G5 C5 This is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow F5 C5 G5 C5 And once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road A5 G5 C5 And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing F5 C5 G5 C5 And we will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring. A5 G5 C5 And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing F5 C5 G5 C5 And we will fly away together, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.