Corpus Christie Bay

C
I worked the rigs from three to 
midnight

                      F
On the Corpus Christi Bay

                           C
I'd get off and drink till daylight

                        G7
Sleep the morning right away


        C
I had a plan to take some wages

                          F
Leave the rigs behind for good

                    C
But that life it is contagious

            G7           C
And it gets down in your blood



I lived in Corpus with my brother

                      F
We were always on the run

                    C
We were bad for one another

                           G7
But we were good at having fun


       C
We got stoned out on the seawall

                          F
We got drunk and rolled a car

We knew the girls at every 
C
dance-hall

      G7           C
Had a tab at every bar


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                            G7
If I could live my life all over

F                  C
It wouldn't matter anyway

                         G7
Cause I never could stay sober

                      C
On the Corpus Christi Bay



My brother had a wife and family

                             F
You know he gave them a good home

                             C
But his wife thought we were crazy

        G7                C
And one day we found them gone



We threw her clothes into the car 
trunk

                        F
Her photographs her rosary

We went out to the pier and got 
C
drunk

          G7              C
And threw it all into the sea


                            G7
If I could live my life all over

F                  C
It wouldn't matter anyway

                         G7
Cause I never could stay sober

                      C
On the Corpus Christi Bay



Now my brother lives in Houston

                          F
He married for the second time

                           C
He got a good job with the union

                        G7
And it's keeping him in line


           C
He came to Corpus just this weekend

                       F
It was good to see him here

                           C
He said he finally gave up drinking

        G7           C
Then he ordered me a beer


                            G7
If I could live my life all over

F                  C
It wouldn't matter anyway

                         G7
Cause I never could stay sober

                      C
On the Corpus Christi Bay


                            G7
If I could live my life all over

F                  C
It wouldn't matter anyway

                         G7
Cause I never could stay sober

                      C
On the Corpus Christi Bay