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GULF COAST HIGHWAY

C                       F       C
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails,
C                                               F
He worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells,
                Am              G       C
He worked the old rigs in the gulf of Mexico,
        F               C               G
The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by 
    C
the road

Chorus
        Am                      G
And when he dies, he says he'll catch some blackbird's 
C
wing

        F               C                 G
And he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue 
        C
bonnet spring

She walked through spring time, when I was home
Our days were sweet, the nights were warm
Seasons pass, jobs would come, flowers fade, this old 
house felt so alone when the work took me away

And when she dies, she says she'll catch some blackbirds 
wing,
And she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue 
bonnet spring.

Highway 90, the jobs are gone,
We tend our garden, we set the sun
This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
And once a year they come and go
At this old house here by the road

And when we die, we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing,
And we will fly away together come some sweet blue bonnet 
spring
 



STAND BY YOUR MAN
     
A                          E
Sometimes its hard to be a woman
Bm              E7               A
Giving all your love to just one man
D
You'll have bad times
A
And he'll have good times
B                                E
Doing things that you don't understand

CHORUS
A             C#
Stand by your man
D                    C#m   Bm
Give him two arms to cling to
A             F#7
And something warm to come to
B               E7
When nights are cold and lonely
S             C#
Stand by your man
D                      C#m  Bm
And tell the world you love him
A           E7               C#7       F#
Keep giving all the love you can
D     E       A    D   A   E7
Stand by your man

Verse 2
A                             E
But if you love him you'll forgive him
Bm               E7           A
Even though he's hard to understand
D
And if you love him
A              D
Oh be proud of him
A           E7              A    D   A   E
Cause after all he's just a man

CHORUS
A             C#
Stand by your man
D                      C#m  Bm
And show the world you love him
A           E            E7  C#7   F#
Keep giving all the love you can
D     E  A       D    A   E    A
Stand by your man.