Chords for Nanci Griffith & James Hooker - Gulf Coast Highway - Live
Tempo:
66 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This next song is truly an anniversary song for the Blue Moon Orchestra because our fearless leader of the Blue Moon Orchestra over here on the keyboards, founding member, Mr.
James Hooker, co-wrote this with me.
And it was the first song we ever co-wrote together some ten years ago.
And it just goes to show that you can put your mind anywhere you want your mind to be because we wrote this song riding in a snowstorm along Pennsylvania Highway and thinking about James' wife Connie back in Alabama and the baby they had on the way and thinking about springtime in South Texas to the Gulf Coast [G] Highway.
[F] [C] [G]
[C]
[F] [C]
[Em] [F] [Dm] [Am]
[G] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [C] And when [Am] he dies, he says [G] he'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] He will fly [G] away to heaven on some sweet blue [C] planet
[F] She walked [C] the springtime when I was home The days were sweet, the [F] nights were warm
The seas had [Am] changed, the child had [G] come, the flowers had [C] faded This [F] old house felt so [C] alone
When [G] the war took me [C] away When [Am] she dies, she says [G] she'll catch some blackbirds [C] a-wingin' [F] And she'll fly [C] away to heaven [G] on some sweet blue [C] planet spring
[E]
[F] [E] [A] [D] [G]
[F] [D] [G] [C]
Highway 90, the jobs are gone We've been down and out and we've [F] shed the sun
This [Am] is the only [G] place on earth to move [C] on its ground
[F] Once they hear the [C] gun and blow At [G] this old house here [C] by the pole
And when [Am] we die, we say [G] we'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] We'll fly away [C] to heaven on [G] some sweet blue [C] planet spring
[G] Once they hear the gun and blow At this old house here by the pole
And when we [Am] die, we say we'll [G] catch some blackbirds [C] a [F]-wingin' We'll fly away to [C] heaven on some [G] sweet blue planet [C] spring
James Hooker, co-wrote this with me.
And it was the first song we ever co-wrote together some ten years ago.
And it just goes to show that you can put your mind anywhere you want your mind to be because we wrote this song riding in a snowstorm along Pennsylvania Highway and thinking about James' wife Connie back in Alabama and the baby they had on the way and thinking about springtime in South Texas to the Gulf Coast [G] Highway.
[F] [C] [G]
[C]
[F] [C]
[Em] [F] [Dm] [Am]
[G] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [C] And when [Am] he dies, he says [G] he'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] He will fly [G] away to heaven on some sweet blue [C] planet
[F] She walked [C] the springtime when I was home The days were sweet, the [F] nights were warm
The seas had [Am] changed, the child had [G] come, the flowers had [C] faded This [F] old house felt so [C] alone
When [G] the war took me [C] away When [Am] she dies, she says [G] she'll catch some blackbirds [C] a-wingin' [F] And she'll fly [C] away to heaven [G] on some sweet blue [C] planet spring
[E]
[F] [E] [A] [D] [G]
[F] [D] [G] [C]
Highway 90, the jobs are gone We've been down and out and we've [F] shed the sun
This [Am] is the only [G] place on earth to move [C] on its ground
[F] Once they hear the [C] gun and blow At [G] this old house here [C] by the pole
And when [Am] we die, we say [G] we'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] We'll fly away [C] to heaven on [G] some sweet blue [C] planet spring
[G] Once they hear the gun and blow At this old house here by the pole
And when we [Am] die, we say we'll [G] catch some blackbirds [C] a [F]-wingin' We'll fly away to [C] heaven on some [G] sweet blue planet [C] spring
Key:
C
G
F
Am
E
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ This next song is truly an anniversary song for the Blue Moon Orchestra because our fearless leader of the Blue Moon Orchestra over here on the keyboards, founding member, Mr.
James Hooker, co-wrote this with me.
And it was the first song we ever co-wrote together some ten years ago.
_ _ _ _ And it just goes to show that you can put your mind anywhere you want your mind to be because we wrote this song riding in a snowstorm along Pennsylvania Highway and thinking about James' wife Connie back in Alabama and the baby they had on the way and thinking about springtime in South Texas to the Gulf Coast [G] Highway.
[F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] And when [Am] he dies, he says [G] he'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] He will fly [G] away to heaven on some sweet blue [C] planet
_ [F] She walked [C] the springtime when I was home The days were sweet, _ the [F] nights were warm
The seas had [Am] changed, the child had [G] come, the flowers had [C] faded This [F] old house felt so [C] alone
When [G] the war took me [C] away When [Am] she dies, she says [G] she'll catch some blackbirds [C] a-wingin' [F] And she'll fly [C] away to heaven [G] on some sweet blue [C] planet spring
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[F] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Highway 90, the jobs are gone We've been down and out and we've [F] shed the sun
This [Am] is the only [G] place on earth to move [C] on its ground
[F] Once they hear the [C] gun and blow At [G] this old house here [C] by the pole
And when [Am] we die, we say [G] we'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] We'll fly away [C] to heaven on [G] some sweet blue [C] planet spring
_ [G] Once they hear the gun and blow At this old house here by the pole
And when we [Am] die, we say we'll [G] catch some blackbirds [C] a [F]-wingin' We'll fly away to [C] heaven on some [G] sweet blue planet [C] spring _ _ _ _ _
James Hooker, co-wrote this with me.
And it was the first song we ever co-wrote together some ten years ago.
_ _ _ _ And it just goes to show that you can put your mind anywhere you want your mind to be because we wrote this song riding in a snowstorm along Pennsylvania Highway and thinking about James' wife Connie back in Alabama and the baby they had on the way and thinking about springtime in South Texas to the Gulf Coast [G] Highway.
[F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] And when [Am] he dies, he says [G] he'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] He will fly [G] away to heaven on some sweet blue [C] planet
_ [F] She walked [C] the springtime when I was home The days were sweet, _ the [F] nights were warm
The seas had [Am] changed, the child had [G] come, the flowers had [C] faded This [F] old house felt so [C] alone
When [G] the war took me [C] away When [Am] she dies, she says [G] she'll catch some blackbirds [C] a-wingin' [F] And she'll fly [C] away to heaven [G] on some sweet blue [C] planet spring
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[F] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Highway 90, the jobs are gone We've been down and out and we've [F] shed the sun
This [Am] is the only [G] place on earth to move [C] on its ground
[F] Once they hear the [C] gun and blow At [G] this old house here [C] by the pole
And when [Am] we die, we say [G] we'll catch some [C] blackbirds a-wingin' [F] We'll fly away [C] to heaven on [G] some sweet blue [C] planet spring
_ [G] Once they hear the gun and blow At this old house here by the pole
And when we [Am] die, we say we'll [G] catch some blackbirds [C] a [F]-wingin' We'll fly away to [C] heaven on some [G] sweet blue planet [C] spring _ _ _ _ _