Corpus Christi Bay Chords by Robert Earl Keen

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I worked the rigs from three to midnight _
On the Corpus [Eb] Christi, babe _
_ _ I'd get off and [Bb] drink till daylight _
Sleep the morning [F] away _
I had a plan to [Eb] take my [Bb] wages
_ _ Leave the rigs behind [Eb] for good
_ But that life, it is [Bb] contagious
_ _ [F] And it gets down [Bb] in your blood
_ I lived in Corpus with my brother
_ We were always [Eb] on the run
We were bad for [Bb] one another
_ But we were good at [F] having fun
_ _ We got stoned [Bb] along the seawall
We got drunk [Eb] and rolled a _ car
We knew the girls [Bb] at every dance hall
[F] _ Had a tab [Bb] at every bar
_ If I could live my [F] life all over
_ [Eb] It wouldn't matter [Bb] _
anyway
_ _ Cause I never could [Eb] stay sober
[F] On the Corpus [Bb] Christi, babe
_ My brother had a wife and family
_ You know he gave them a [Eb] good home
_ _ But his wife thought [Bb] he were crazy
_ And one day we [F] found her gone
We threw her clothes [Eb] into the [Bb] car trunk
Her photographs, her [Eb] rosary
_ _ We went to the [Bb] pier and got drunk
_ [F] And threw it all [Bb] into the sea
_ If I could live my [F] life all over
_ [Eb] It wouldn't matter [Bb] anyway
_ _ _ Cause I never could [Eb] stay sober
[F] On the Corpus [Bb] Christi, babe
_ Now _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ my brother lives in Houston
_ He married for the [Eb] second time
_ He got a good [Bb] job with the union
And it's keeping [F] him in line
_ He came to Corpus [Eb] just this [Bb] weekend
_ _ It was good to [Eb] see him here
_ He said he finally [Bb] gave up drinking
_ [F] Then he ordered [Bb] me a beer
_ If I could live my life [F] all over
[Bb] _ [Eb] It wouldn't matter [Bb] anyway _
Cause _ I never [Eb] could stay sober
[F] On the Corpus [Bb] Christi, babe
_ If I could live my life [F] all over
[Gm] _ [Eb] It wouldn't matter _ anyway
[Bb] _ _ Cause I never could [Eb] stay sober
_ [F] On the Corpus [Bb] Christi, babe
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