The Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico chords by Steve Earle

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • C

  • G

  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Em

  • Am

  • C

  • G

  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Em

  • Am

  • Verse 1
    Come and gather 
    'round 
    me 
    people 

    And 
    tale 
    to you 
    I'll 
    tell 

    Of 
    my 
    father 
    and 
    his father

    In the 
    days 
    before 
    the spill 

    With 
    an 
    endless 
    sky 
    above 
    'em 

    And 
    restless 
    sea 
    below 

    And 
    every 
    blessin' 
    flowing 
    from 
    the Gulf 

    of 
    Mex
    ico 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 2
    Well 
    my 
    Granddad 
    worked 

    the shrimp 
    boats 

    From 
    the time 
    that 
    he 
    was 
    grown 

    And 
    he scrimped 
    and 
    saved 

    and 
    bought 
    him
    self 

    A trawler 
    of 
    his 
    own 

    He 
    was 
    rough 
    and 
    he 
    was 
    ready 

    And 
    he 
    drank 
    when 
    he 
    was 
    home 

    But he 
    made 
    his 
    family's 
    livin' 

    on 
    the Gulf 
    of 
    Mexico 

    Verse 3
    He 
    was 
    rollin' 

    He 
    was 
    rollin' 

    'Cross 
    the deep 
    blue 
    water 

    He 
    was 
    rollin' 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 4
    Well 
    my 
    Daddy 
    drove 
    a crew 
    boat 

    Haulin' 
    workers 
    to 
    the 
    rig

    He 
    was 
    sick 
    of 
    mendin' 
    nets 

    And 
    couldn't 
    stand 
    the smell 
    of 
    fish 

    So 
    he 
    drew 
    a steady 
    paycheck 

    Twenty 
    years 
    from 
    Texaco 

    When 
    he 
    died 
    we spread 
    his 
    ashes 

    On 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mexico 

    Verse 5
    He 
    was 
    rollin' 

    He 
    was 
    rollin' 

    'Cross 
    the 
    deep 
    green 
    water 

    He 
    was 
    rollin' 

    Interlude 3




    As 
    for 
    Verse 6
    me 
    I dreamed 
    of 
    nothing 

    Any 
    grander 
    than 
    the 
    day 

    That 
    stepped 
    out 
    on 
    the drillin' 
    floor 

    To 
    earn 
    roughneck's pay 

    Then 
    one 
    night 
    swear 

    I saw 
    the devil 

    Crawlin' 
    from 
    the 
    hole 

    And 
    he 
    spilled 
    the guts 
    of 
    hell 

    out 
    in 
    the Gulf 
    of 
    Mexico 

    Verse 7

    We 
    were 
    rollin' 

    We 
    were 
    rollin' 

    'Cross 
    the 
    blood-red 
    wa
    ter 

    water 

    We 
    were 
    rollin' 

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