Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails

 He worked the rice fields with their cool, dark wells

 He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico

 The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road

 And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing

 And he will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

She walked through springtime when I was home

 Our days were sweet, our nights were warm

 The seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade

 And this house felt so alone, when the work took me away

 And when she dies he says she'll catch some blackbird's wing

 And she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

Higway 90, the jobs are gone now

 We tend our garden and we set the sun

 This is the only place on earth Blue Bonnets grow

 And once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road

 And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing

 And we will fly away to heaven, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.

 And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing

 And we will fly away together, come some sweet Blue Bonnet spring.