Gulf Coast Highway Song Lyrics and Chords by Emmylou Harris
Gulf Coast Highway
Recorded by Emmylou Harris with Willie Nelson
Written by Daniel Flowers, Danny Flowers, James H. Brown Jr.,
James Hooker and Nanci Griffith
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Gulf Coast Highway he
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worked the
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rails
He worked the rice fields with their cool dark
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wells
He worked the
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oil rigs in the
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Gulf of Mexi
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The only
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thing he's ever
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known is this old
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house here by the
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road
And when he
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dies he says he'll
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catch some blackbird's
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wing
He will
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fly away to
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heaven come some
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sweet blue bonnet
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She walked through spring time
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when I was
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home
The days were sweet our nights were
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warm
The seasons
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change the jobs will
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come the flowers
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fade
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house felt so
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alone when the
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work took me
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away
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catch some blackbird's
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fly away to
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heaven come some
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sweet blue bonnet
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Highway ninety the
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jobs are
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gone
We tend our garden we set the
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sun
This is the
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only place on
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earth blue bonnets
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grow
Once a
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year they come and
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go at this old
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house here by the
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road
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die we say we'll
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catch some blackbird's
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l fly away t
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o heaven come som
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e sweet blue bonne
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die we say we'll
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catch some blackbird's
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l fly away t
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o heaven come som
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e sweet blue bonne
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Gulf Coast Highway?
- The song Gulf Coast Highway was sang by Emmylou Harris.
Who is Emmylou Harris?
- Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018, she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.Harris' work and recordings include work as a solo artist, a bandleader, an interpreter of other composers' works, a singer-songwriter, and a backing vocalist and duet partner. She has worked with numerous artists.
