Corpus Christi Bay Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I worked the rigs from three 'til midnight
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On the Corpus Christi Bay
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I'd get off and drink 'til daylight
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Sleep the morning away
 
 
[Verse 2]
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I had a plan to take my wages
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Leave the rigs behind for good
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But that life, it is contagious
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And it gets down in your blood
 
 
[Verse 3]
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I lived in Corpus with my brother
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We was always on the run
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We were bad for one another
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But we were good at having fun
 
 
[Verse 4]
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We got stoned along the seawall
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We got drunk and rolled a car
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We knew the girls in every dance hall
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Had a tab in every bar
 
 
[Chorus]
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If I could live my life all over
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It wouldn't matter anyway
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I never could stay sober
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Down on that Corpus Christi Bay
 
 
[Verse 5]
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My brother had a wife and family
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You know he gave 'em both a home
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But his wife thought we were crazy
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And one day we found her gone
 
 
[Verse 6]
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We threw her clothes into the car trunk
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Her photographs, her rosary
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Went down to the pier and got drunk
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Threw it all into the sea
 
 
[Chorus]
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If I could live my life all over
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It wouldn't matter anyway
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'Cause I never could stay sober
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Down on that Corpus Christi Bay
 
 
[Verse 7]
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Now my brother lives in Houston
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Married for the second time
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Got a job with the union
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It's keeping him in line
 
 
[Verse 8]
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He came to Corpus just this weekend
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It was good to see him here
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He said he finally gave up drinking
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He ordered me a beer
 
 
[Chorus]
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If I could live my life all over
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It wouldn't matter anyway
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Well I never could stay sober
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Down on that Corpus Christi Bay
 
 
[Outro]
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If I could live my life all over
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It wouldn't matter anyway
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I never could stay sober
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