FORGOTTEN COAST
James McMurtry

CAPO: 3rd fret (key of F, played as D)

INTRO:  D (x8)

VERSE 1:
D
Down the highway South I'll go
                        A
Wewahitchka to Port St. Joe
          D                              G
I'm gonna walk the beach with a pirate's ghost
      D                 A      D
We'll haunt that old forgotten coast

VERSE 2:
          D
I'm gonna trade my car and change my name
                             G
Put Wesson Oil in my bar and chain
          D                          G
I'm gonna fix a road kill black bear roast
        D              A      D       G
And get fat on that forgotten coast

VERSE 3:
G                      D
No one's gonna find me there
                                    A
With my steel guitar and my rocking chair
          D                         G
Among the seafood shacks and oyster boats
          D              A      D
I'll hide out on that forgotten coast

SOLO: |D   |D      |D      |D   |D   |2/4 D  |4/4 A  |A   |
      |D   |2/4 D  |4/4 G  |G   |D   |2/4 A  |4/4 D  |D   |

VERSE 4:
G                      D
No one's gonna find me there
                                    A
With my fishing pole and my rocking chair
D                          G
Tell the one I'll miss the most
     D               A      D
He's down on that forgotten coast

SOLO: |G   |2/4 G  |4/4 D  |D   |D   |2/4 D  |4/4 A  |A   |
      |D   |2/4 D  |4/4 G  |G   |D   |2/4 A  |4/4 D  |D   |

VERSE 5:
D
Down the highway South I'll go
                        A
Wewahitchka to Port St. Joe
          D                              G
I'm gonna walk the beach with a pirate's ghost
      D                 A      D
We'll haunt that old forgotten coast

VERSE 6:
      G                         D
Gonna cut my hair and change my name
                                      A
And when the Percodan won't touch the pain
D                       G
Tell the one I miss the most
     D                     A      D
He's goin' down on that forgotten coast
D                       G
Tell the one I miss the most
     D                     A      D
He's goin' down on that forgotten coast

OUTRO: |D   |D      |D      |D   |D   |2/4 D  |4/4 A  |A   |
       |D   |2/4 D  |4/4 G  |G   |D   |2/4 A  |4/4 D  |D   |D...