Robert Earl Keen Jr - Corpus christi bay

^GI worked the rigs from three Ttil midnight ^{C G G}On the Corpus Christi Bay ^{C C}IUd get off and drink Ttil ^Gdaylight ^GSleep the mornin a^Dway ^DI had a plan to take my ^Cwa^Gges ^GLeave the rigs behind for ^Cgood ^CBut that life it is con^Gtagious ^{D D}And it gets down in your blood ^G

^GI lived in Corpus with my brother ^{C G G}We were always on the run ^{C C}We were bad for one another^{G G}But we were good a^Dt having fun ^DWe got stoned along the ^Cse^Gawall ^GWe got drunk and rolled a ^Ccar ^CWe knew the girls at ev^Gery dancehall ^{D D}Had a tab at every bar ^G

^GIf I could live my life ^Dall over ^{C C}It wouldnUt matter anyway ^{G G}TCause I never could sta^Cy sober ^{D D}On the Corpus Christi Bay ^G

^GMy brother had a wife and family ^{C G G}You know he gave Tem a good home ^{C C}But his wife thought we were ^Gcrazy ^GAnd one day we fou^Dnd her gone ^DWe threw here clothes into the ^Ccar t^Grunk ^GHer photographs her rosary^{C C}We went to the pier and^G got drunk ^{D D}And threw it all into the sea ^G

^GIf I could live my life all ^Dover ^{C C}It wouldnUt matter anyway ^{G G}TCause I never could stay ^Csober ^{D D}On the Corpus Christi Bay ^G

^GNow my brother lives in Houston ^{C G G}He married for the second time ^{C C}He got a job with the union^{G G}And it's keeping h^Dim in line ^DHe came to Corpus just this ^Cwe^Gekend ^GIt was good to see him her^Ce ^CHe said he finally gave^G up drinkinU ^{D D}Then he ordered me a beer ^G

^GIf I could live my life all ^Dover ^{C C}It wouldnUt matter anyway ^{G G}TCause I never could stay ^Csober ^{D D}On the Corpus Christi Bay ^{G G}If I could live my life all ^Dover ^{C C}It wouldnUt matter anyway ^{G G}TCause I never could stay ^Csober ^{D D}On the Corpus Christi Bay ^G