G                                 C  G
I worked the rigs from three 'til midnight
G                     C
On the Corpus Christi Bay
C                          G
I'd get off and drink 'til 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


[Verse 2]
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 wouldn't matter anyway
G                         C              D
'Cause I never could stay sober
D                     G
On the Corpus Christi Bay


[Verse 3]
G                         C   G
My brother had a wife and family
G                           C
You know he gave 'em 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 her 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 wouldn't matter anyway
G                         C           D
'Cause I never could stay sober
D                     G
On the Corpus Christi Bay


[Verse 4]
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 drinkin'
D                    G
Then he ordered me a beer


[Chorus]
G                           D         C
If I could live my life all over
C                     G
It wouldn't matter anyway
G                         C           D
'Cause 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 wouldn't matter anyway
G                         C           D
'Cause I never could stay sober
D                     G
On the Corpus Christi Bay