{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":73149,"song":"Corpus Christi Bay","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/73149-corpus-christi-bay-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/73149?type=chord","rating":4.99848,"votes":146,"content":"Corpus Christi Bay\r\nby Robert Earl Keen Jr.\r\n\r\nCapo on 3rd fret\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] 320033\r\n[ch]C[/ch] x32033 ([ch]Cadd9[/ch])\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI worked the rigs from three till midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the Corpus Christi Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd get off and drink till daylight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSleep the morning away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had a plan to take my wages[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLeave the rigs behind for good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut that life it is contagious[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it gets down in your blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI lived in Corpus with my brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe were always on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were bad for one another[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut we were good at having fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe got stoned along the seawall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got drunk and rolled a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe knew the girls at every dancehall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad a tab at every bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could live my life all over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wouldn't matter anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I never could stay sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the Corpus Christi Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy brother had a wife and family[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know he gave 'em a good home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut his wife thought we were crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]                   \r\nAnd one day we found her gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nWe threw here clothes into the car trunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nHer photographs her rosary[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nWe went to the pier and got drunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nAnd threw it all into the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could live my life all over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wouldn't matter anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I never could stay sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the Corpus Christi Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nNow my brother lives in Houston[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nHe married for the second time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                   \r\nHe got a job with the union[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                 \r\nAnd it's keeping him in line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nHe came to Corpus just this weekend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                  \r\nIt was good to see him here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nHe said he finally gave up drinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                    \r\nThen he ordered me a beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could live my life all over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wouldn't matter anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I never could stay sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the Corpus Christi Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could live my life all over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wouldn't matter anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I never could stay sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the Corpus Christi Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  x2","plain_text":"Corpus Christi Bay\nby Robert Earl Keen Jr.\n\nCapo on 3rd fret\n\n[Chords]\nG 320033\nC x32033 (Cadd9)\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC F C D G\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD  C  G  x2","chords":["G","C","Cadd9","D","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}