Chords for David Allan Coe - Seven Mile Bridge

You know as a child
[F#] He [E]
heard tell the seven [D]-mile bridge
[G] They _ connected on [D] Marathon Shore _
[G] Yes, and it was a gateway [D] to Key West his grandpa.
[E] We told him
ten [A] times more
_ _ [D] Stories of some sailors curse on the bridge where it opens to let [G] the boats through
[A] But the natives all laugh
Grandpa's old stories and swear that it just isn't [D] true _
Now most of them sail across to Miami
from the edge of the blue [G]
water line
[A] With crawfish and snapper to sell to the market for money to spend [D] on some wine
They always cross through at the seven-mile bridge
Except when the moon [G] comes out full
[A] They're not superstitious.
They'll tell you as they are
repeating that old [D] seamen's rule
[G] Watch out for those [D] outlaws and pirates
[A] Lord knows that they'll steal [D] your blind
_ [G] Don't mess [D] around with those cutthroats and thieves.
[E] They're robbers
killers [A] of time
_ [G] There's nothing [D] worse than an old sailors [A] curse on the seven-mile bridge where [D] you find
[G] They're stealing the future [D] and making believe [A] the past is still [D] somewhere behind
the [G] _
[A] seven [D]-mile bridge
[G] _
_ [A] [D] seven-mile bridge
And he found him a woman who come there from Cuba
She gave him a son [G] and a dream
[A] They lived in a conk house somewhere on Stock Island with seven-mile [D] bridge in between
_ She'd spend her nights on the widow walk wondering if he'd safely pull through [G] the storm
[A] While he spent his money on painted up women and whiskey to keep his [D] blood warm _
Then he'd gamble on crab races till he was broke _ while she set up [G] waiting all night
[A] Then feeling too guilty to face her and tell her he'd look for some [D] bully to fight
Lord [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] knows that they'll steal [D] your blind
[G] Don't mess [D] around with those cutthroats and thieves.
[E] They're robbers and [A] killers of time
_ [G] There's nothing worse [D] than an old sailors curse [A] on the seven-mile bridge [D] where you find
[G] They're stealing the [D] future and making believe [A] the past is still [D] somewhere behind
_ _ [G] _ [A]
seven [D]-mile bridge
_ [G] _ [A]
seven [D]-mile bridge
At the end of the [G] rainbow where the Sun [D] always [G] shines just south of the [D] seven-mile bridge
[G] She waits by the window [Bm] for signs of his [E] sailboat and tries not to [A] worry the kids
[D] She sneaks a few drinks from the bottle.
She hides from a husband.
That's [G] too tired to think
And [A] with feelings of guilt she picks up the bottle and pours the remains in [D] the sink _
Now she thinks of the men who stare at her boldly they know she's a [G] woman alone
[A] With fingers that tremble she touches her body and wishes her man would [D] come home
Lord [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] knows that they'll steal [D] your blind
_ [G] Don't mess around [D] with those cutthroats and thieves.
[E] They're robbers and [A] killers of time
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] Old sailors curse [A] on the seven-mile bridge [D] where you find
They're [G] stealing the [D] future and making believe [A] the past is still [D] somewhere behind
_ [G] _ [A] the seven [D]-mile bridge
[G] _ [A] seven [D]-mile bridge
Now the years pass so quickly but time is a thief [G] his skin looks like [D] leather by now
_ [G] His woman's got fat [D] and lost all her [E] beauty the Lord knows she's [A] lived up to her vow
[D] She looks at her son.
It's going on 20.
He's ready to [G] live his own life
She [A] hopes he can find a seaworthy woman
_ Sailor sure [D] needs a good wife
Why he's just like his daddy.
She thinks as she watches him weaving those fishnets [G] all day
_ _ [A] Knowing that sometimes the seven-mile bridge will take him and [D] lead him astray
He might return his woman would learn
Roke like [G] his daddy and drunk
[A] She wrote down some words on an old piece of sailcloth
Nailed it [F#m] over [D] his bunk.
_ Why didn't she packed his sea bag and filled up his trunk?
His new wife would want it [G] that way
[A] Just before the old man shook the younger lads in these are the words he [D] did say
[G] _ _ _ [D] Lord _ [A] knows that they'll steal your [D]
blind
[G] Don't mess around with [D] those cutthroats and [E] thieves.
They're robbers and [A] killers of time
[G] _ _ _ [D] _
Sailors [A] curse on the seven-mile bridge [D] where you'll find
[G] They're stealing the [D] future and making believe
[A] The past is still [D] somewhere behind
_ [G] _ [A] the seven [D]-mile bridge
[G] _ [A] seven [D]-mile bridge
[G] _ [A] seven [D]-mile _ _ [G] _ [A] Seven
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