Corpus Christi Bay Chords by Robert Earl Keen

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_ _ [E] _ [B] Let's [E] go to Corpus [B] Christi, baby.
_ I _ _ _ _ worked the ricks and dreamed of midnight _ on Corpus [E] Christi, baby. _
I get [B] up and drink to daylight, _ _ sleep the morning [F#] away. _ _
I had a plan [E] to take my [B] wages, _ _ leave the ricks behind [E] for good. _ _
But that life, [B] it is contagious, _ [F#] _
and it gets [D] down in your [B] blood. _ _
I lived in [E] Corpus with my [B] brother, _ we were [E] always all alone. _ _
We were bad for [B] one another, _ _ but we were good at [F#] having fun.
_ We got stoned [E] on the [B] _ seawall, we got drunk and [E] rolled a _ car.
When the girls at [B] every dance [F#] hall got tab at [B] every bar.
_ _ I could live my life [F#] alone, _ _ _ [E] it wouldn't matter [B] _ anyway. _ _
Cause I never [E] said it so [B] loud [F#] _
on the Corpus [B] Christi ride.
_ My brother had a wife and family, _ you know he gave them a [E] good home. _ _
But his wife [B] thought we were crazy, _ and one day we [F#] found her gone.
_ _ We threw our clothes [E] into the [B] dock truck, her photographs, [E] her rosary.
_ _ We went to the [B] fair and got [F#] drunk, threw it all into [B] the sea.
_ _ I could live my [F#] life all over, _ [B] it wouldn't matter _ _ anyway. _
Cause I never [E] said it so loud [F#] on the Corpus [B] Christi ride. _ _ _
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Now my brother lives in Houston, _ _ he married for the [E] second time.
_ He got a good job [B] at the union, _ _ _ and it's keeping him [F#] in line.
_ _ He came to [B] Corpus [E] just this [B] weekend, _ man it's good to see [E] him here.
_ _ He said he finally [B] gave up drinking.
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He ordered [B] me a beer, _ I could live my life [F#] all over, _ [B] _ [E] it wouldn't matter [B] _ anyway. _ _
Cause I never said [E] it so loud [F#] _ _
on the Corpus [B] Christi ride.
_ _ Cause I could live my [F#] life all over, _ [E] it wouldn't matter.
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Cause I never said [E] it so loud _ [F#] on the Corpus [B] Christi ride. _ _ _ _
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