Corpus Christi Bay (Acordes)

Here is a great Robert Earl Keen Jr. song off his A Bigger Piece of Sky

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Corpus Christi Bay

by Robert Earl Keen Jr.



Capo on 3rd fret



G                                                                                         C  G

I worked the rigs from three Ttil midnight

G                                     C

On the Corpus Christi Bay

C                          G

IUd get off and drink Ttil daylight

G                 D

Sleep the mornin away

D                       C G

I had a plan to take my wages

G                         C

Leave the rigs behind for good

C                      G               D

But that life it is contagious

D                                      G

And it gets down in your blood





G                                                                                         C  G

I lived in Corpus with my brother

G                                      C

We were always on the run

C                          G

We were bad for one another

G                 D

But we were good at having fun

D                       C G

We got stoned along the seawall

G                         C

We got drunk and rolled a car

C                      G               D

We knew the girls at every dancehall

D                                      G

Had a tab at every bar





Chorus:

G                       D              C

If I could live my life all over

C                                      G

It wouldnUt matter anyway

G                       C              D

TCause I never could stay sober

D                                      G

On the Corpus Christi Bay





G                                                                                         C  G

My brother had a wife and family

G                                      C

You know he gave Tem a good home

C                            G

But his wife thought we were crazy

G                 D

And one day we found her gone

D                              C    G

We threw here clothes into the car trunk

G                         C

Her photographs her rosary

C                      G              D

We went to the pier and got drunk

D                                     G

And threw it all into the sea



CHORUS

G                           D         C

If I could live my life all over

C                                     G

It wouldnUt matter anyway

G                         C           D

TCause I never could stay sober

D                                     G

On the Corpus Christi Bay





G                                                                                       C  G

Now my brother lives in Houston

G                                     C

He married for the second time

C                          G

He got a job with the union

G                 D

And it's keeping him in line

D                           C G

He came to Corpus just this weekend

G                         C

It was good to see him here

C                      G              D

He said he finally gave up drinkinU

D                                     G

Then he ordered me a beer



CHORUS (TWICE)

G                           D         C

If I could live my life all over

C                                     G

It wouldnUt matter anyway

G                         C           D

TCause I never could stay sober

D                                     G

On the Corpus Christi Bay

G                           D         C

If I could live my life all over

C                                     G

It wouldnUt matter anyway

G                         C           D

TCause I never could stay sober

D                                     G

On the Corpus Christi Bay