Gulf Of Mexico Chords & Lyrics - Steve Earle

[D]Come and gather 'round me people and a [G]tale to you I'll [D]tell
[D]Of my [A]father and his father in the [G]days before the [D]Spill
[D]With an endless sky above 'em and a [G]restless sea [D]below
[D]And e[A]very blessing flowing from the [G]Gulf of Mexic[D]o

[D]Well my Granddad worked the shrimp boats from the [G]time that he was [D]grown
[D]And he [A]scrimped and saved and bought himself a [G]trawler of his [D]own
[D]He was rough and he was ready and he [G]drank when he was [D]home
[D]And he [A]made his family's living on the [G]Gulf of Mexic[D]o

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[D]He was [G]rol[D]ling, [D]He was [G]rol[D]ling
[D]Cross the [G]deep blue water he was [A]rol[D]ling

[D]Well my Daddy drove a crew boat hauling [G]workers to the [D]rigs
[D]He was [A]sick of mending nets and couldn't [G]stand the smell of [D]fish
[D]He drew a steady paycheck 20 [G]years from Texac[D]o
[D]When he [A]died we spread his ashes on the [G]Gulf of Mexic[D]o

[CHORUS]
[D]He was [G]rol[D]ling, He was [G]rol[D]ling
[D]Cross the [G]deep green water he was [A]rol[D]ling

[D]As for me I dreamed of nothing any [G]grander than the [D]day
[D] [A] [G]
T[D]hat I stepped out on the drilling floor to earn a roughneck's pay
[D]Then one night I swear I saw the [G]devil crawlin' from the [D]hole
[D]And he [A]spilled the guts of hell out in the [G]Gulf of Mexi[D]co

[CHORUS]
[D]We were [G]rol[D]ling, we were [G]rol[D]ling
[D]Cross the [G]blood red water we were [A]rol[D]ling