The Gulf of Mexico Shawn Mullins Soul's Core tabbed by: faulkner2007 email:faulknermd@ardmore.net Intro: G C G C G C She cooks him ham and ho'cakes G C at five thirty every morn G C and she does the dishes G C and she irons his uniform G C And she thinks she might have loved him once, G C but that was so long ago G C and the rain pours down like a holy waterfall G C over the Gulf of Mexico G C The boardwalk's deserted G C and the beach is all closed down G C and the middle school punk rockers G C ride their skateboards through the town G And she looks back and she daydreams C about paintin' people she's never seen G C just to keep from bein' blue G and she gets home about a quarter 'till four C and she drives her brother to the liquor store G C on Ocean Avenue G C And I'm parked on the stateline G C on this cold November day G C and pretty soon I'll be a drivin' fool G C somewhere down this lost highway G and I here a voice from my soul's core C sayin' freedom's just a metaphor G C you got nowhere to go G C and the rain pours down like a holy waterfall G C over the Gulf of Mexico G C over the Gulf of Mexico G C over the Gulf of Mexico That's about it. git er done!