Key: B
Introduction:
G C G
I worked the rigs from three 'til midnight
G C
On the Corpus Christi Bay
C G
I'd get off and drink 'til daylight
G D
Sleep the mornin' away
D C G
I had a plan to take my wages
G C
Leave the rigs behind for good
C G D
But that life it is contagious
D G
And it gets down in your blood
G C G
I lived in Corpus with my brother
G C
We were always on the run
C G
We were bad for one another
G D
But we were good at having fun
D C G
We got stoned along the seawall
G C
We got drunk and rolled a car
C G D
We knew the girls at every dancehall
D G
Had a tab at every bar
G D C
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
G C G
My brother had a wife and family
G C
You know he gave Tem a good home
C G
But his wife thought we were crazy
G D
And one day we found her gone
D C G
We threw here clothes into the car trunk
G C
Her photographs her rosary
C G D
We went to the pier and got drunk
D G
And threw it all into the sea
G D C
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
G C G
Now my brother lives in Houston
G C
He married for the second time
C G
He got a job with the union
G D
And it's keeping him in line
D C G
He came to Corpus just this weekend
G C
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)
G D C
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