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 

Chorus: 
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
 
Chorus: 
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