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Corpus Christi Bay Tab

by Robert Earl Keen Jr



Here is a great Robert Earl Keen Jr. song off his A Bigger Piece of Sky
Album

Corpus Christi Bay
by Robert Earl Keen Jr.

Capo on 3rd fret

				                			            
I worked the rigs from three Ttil midnight
			                  
On the Corpus Christi Bay
                          
IUd get off and drink Ttil daylight
                 
Sleep the morninU away
                        
I had a plan to take my wages
                         
Leave the rigs behind for good
                      	      
But that life it is contagious
				                    
And it gets down in your blood


I lived in Corpus with my brother
We were always on the run
We were bad for one another
But we were good at having fun
We got stoned along the seawall
We got drunk and rolled a car
We knew the girls at every dancehall
Had a tab at every bar


Chorus:
				                          		
If I could live my life all over
				              
It wouldnUt matter anyway
				                     		    
TCause I never could stay sober
			                  
On the Corpus Christi Bay


My brother had a wife and family
You know he gave Tem a good home
But his wife thought we were crazy
And one day we found her gone
We threw here clothes into the car trunk
Her photographs her rosary
We went to the pier and got drunk
And threw it all into the sea

CHORUS

Now my brother lives in Houston
He married for the second time
He got a job with the union
And itUs keeping him in line
He came to Corpus just this weekend
It was good to see him here
He said he finally gave up drinkinU
Then he ordered me a beer

CHORUS (TWICE)