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.