Corpus Christi Bay Chords by Robert Earl Keen Jr #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tbacus@onramp.net (Thomas P. Bacus) Here is a great Robert Earl Keen Jr. song off his A Bigger Piece of Sky Album Corpus Christi Bay by Robert Earl Keen Jr. Capo on 3rd fret G C G I worked the rigs from three Ttil midnight G C On the Corpus Christi Bay C G IUd get off and drink Ttil daylight G D Sleep the morninU away D C G I had a plan to take my wages G C Leave the rigs behind for good C G D But that life it is contagious D G And it gets down in your blood I lived in Corpus with my brother We were always on the run We were bad for one another But we were good at having fun We got stoned along the seawall We got drunk and rolled a car We knew the girls at every dancehall Had a tab at every bar Chorus: G D C If I could live my life all over C G It wouldnUt matter anyway G C D TCause I never could stay sober D G On the Corpus Christi Bay My brother had a wife and family You know he gave Tem a good home But his wife thought we were crazy And one day we found her gone We threw here clothes into the car trunk Her photographs her rosary We went to the pier and got drunk And threw it all into the sea CHORUS Now my brother lives in Houston He married for the second time He got a job with the union And itUs keeping him in line He came to Corpus just this weekend It was good to see him here He said he finally gave up drinkinU Then he ordered me a beer CHORUS (TWICE)
