[Intro] (x2)
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[Verse 1]
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Well you cant stop the ocean
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And you cant stop the wind
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Theyre here then theyre gone
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They don’t come back again
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One will keep you rollin
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One will blow you away
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Left me standin all alone next to Galveston bay
[Verse 2]
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Well a ramlblin gal
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Since you were young
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One big ball of yarn
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That was too tightly spun
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When you came unraveled
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Girl you really got strung out
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And if you ever wind back up
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Well that’s something I doubt
[Chorus]
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Oh Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
F C G
The water dancing in the drilling rig lights
F C G Am
And Ill stand here next to the wind and the waves
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Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
[Verse 3]
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Well the soldiers are marching
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Off to the war
C
We aint won it yet
G C
But we’ll come back for more
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And as I watch the battle ships sailin away
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From right where you left me
G C
Next to Galveston bay
[Verse 4]
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Well the clock just keeps a-tickin
F C
Time goes by so fast
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As the barges keep steamin
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Down the San Louis pass
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Under the black smoke
F C
The engines they roar
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And i’m right where you left me
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Right next to the shore
[Chorus]
F C G C
Oh Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
F C G
The water dancing in the drilling rig lights
F C G Am
And Ill stand here next to the wind and the waves
F C G C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
[Instrumental]
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F C G
F C G Am
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[Verse 5]
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Where the good times went
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Man I aint got a clue
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You took my red heart
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And turned it lavender blue
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Say you aint goin nowhere
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Thinkin bout the past
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I say the good times
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Are the ones that don’t last
[Verse 6]
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Well the ocean breathes salty
F C
And the wind it blows hard
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I hope that youre happy
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Wherever you are
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If you ever decide
F C
Head back my way
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Ill be right where you left me
G C
Next to Galveston bay
[Chorus]
F C G C
Oh Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
F C G
The water dancing in the drilling rig lights
F C G Am
And Ill stand here next to the wind and the waves
F C G C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
F C G C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
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Ya right where you left me next to Galveston, Galveston bay