Chorpus Christi Bay

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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 mornin' away 
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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 
D                        G
And it gets down in your blood 

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I lived in Corpus with my brother
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We were 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
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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 at every dancehall 
D                  G
Had a tab at every bar 

Chorus: 
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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 

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My brother had a wife and family
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You know he gave Tem a good home
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But his wife thought we were crazy
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And one day we found her gone
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We threw here clothes into the car trunk
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Her photographs her rosary
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We went to the pier and got drunk
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And threw it all into the sea
 
Chorus: 
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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 
 
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Now my brother lives in Houston
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He married for the second time
C                     G
He got a job with the union
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And it's keeping him in line
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He came to Corpus just this weekend
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It was good to see him here
C                         G              D
He said he finally gave up drinking
D                     G
Then he ordered me a beer
 
Chorus (2x)
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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