Gulf Coast Time Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

Gulf Coast Time by Roger Creager is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, G, C, Am, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:  

Picking: 
F  G  C 

E --3-1-0------------ 
B --------3-1-0-2-0-- 
G ------------------- 
D ------------------- 
A ------------------- 
E ------------------- 
  
Picking: 
F  G  C 

   C 
E ---------- 
B ---------- 
G -2h3-2---- 
D -------3-- 
A ---------- 
E ---------- 

Picking: 
F  G  C 

E --3-1-0------------ 
B --------3-1-0-2-0-- 
G ------------------- 
D ------------------- 
A ------------------- 
E ------------------- 

Picking: 
F  G  C 


Verse: 
   Am                F                  C 
I like the way this salty, warm breeze feels 
            Am               F                C 
As I make another cast with this old rod and reel  
              Am              F 
Sounds like things are going well  
                       C 
From the tone of your letter  
      Am 
Am I doing okay?  
    F 
I guess you could say  
     G 
I'm keeping my head above water  

 
        F       G        C 
On the deck of this old saltwater lady  
 F         G        C 
Dancin' 'cross the waves   
     F        G          C 
The seaside world slows down to an idle  
    Dm                 G 
The sun sets red over Copano Bay  

     F        G         C 
You moved on with your life in California  
 F        G        Am 
I'll move on with mine  
 F          G     C             Am 
Sometimes things take a little longer  
 F       G          F  G C 
Here on gulf coast time 

E --3-1-0------------ 
B --------3-1-0-2-0-- 
G ------------------- 
D ------------------- 
A ------------------- 
E ------------------- 
  
Picking: 
F  G  C 


Verse: 
      Am                F                   C 
It's nice just getting back to the simple things  
          Am                  F               C 
Like the taste of this fresh key lime in my drink  
           Am 
Took that watch you gave me  
 F                          C 
Tossed it 'bout a mile offshore  
             Am                F 
Just another anchor around me weighing me down that  
G 
I don't need anymore  

 
        F       G        C 
On the deck of this old saltwater lady  
 F         G        C 
Dancin' 'cross the waves   
     F        G          C 
The seaside world slows down to an idle  
    Dm                 G 
The sun sets red over Copano Bay  

     F        G         C 
You moved on with your life in California  
 F        G        Am 
I'll move on with mine  
 F          G     C             Am 
Sometimes things take a little longer  
 F       G          F  G C 
Here on gulf coast time 

E --3-1-0------------ 
B --------3-1-0-2-0-- 
G ------------------- 
D ------------------- 
A ------------------- 
E ------------------- 
  
Picking: 
F  G  C 


BREAK: 
       Dm 
And I know 
             Em                 F 
I'm getting better with every breath of ocean  
G 
I breathe in 

        Am        Em             G 
And my soul gets stronger every moment I spend  

 
        F       G        C 
On the deck of this old saltwater lady  
 F         G        C 
Dancin' 'cross the waves   
     F        G          C 
The seaside world slows down to an idle  
        Dm                 G 
And the sun sets red over Copano Bay  

     F        G         C 
You moved on with your life in California  
 F        G        Am 
I'll move on with mine  
     F          G     C             Am 
But sometimes things take a little longer  
 F       G          C 
Here on gulf coast time 

OUTRO: 
 F          G     C             Am 
Sometimes things take a little longer  
 F       G         F G C 
Here on gulf coast    time 

E --3-1-0------------ 
B --------3-1-0-2-0-- 
G ------------------- 
D ------------------- 
A ------------------- 
E ------------------- 
  
Picking: 
F  G  C 

   C 
E --------- 
B --------- 
G -2h3-2--- 
D -------3- 
A --------- 
E --------- 

Picking: 
F  G  C 

E --3-1-0------------ 
B --------3-1-0-2-0-- 
G ------------------- 
D ------------------- 
A ------------------- 
E ------------------- 

Picking: 
F  G  C 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante