Gene Watson – The Chesapeake Bay (Guitar)

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Track 3 of 10 on the album "Little By Little" (1984) [Intro] G Em G G Em C G [Chorus]
           G          Am
She rode a bay called Chesapeake

C                       G
Stayed on its back for fourteen weeks

                         Am
Rode all the way down to New Orleans

C                  G  Cadd9  G
Searching for her man
[Verse 1]
B7                       Am
I was two weeks out of Franklin

C                        G
Keeping it close to the rails

         B7                     Am
I rode a stallion hard, leaving no holds barred

     C                      G
Just missing the Birmingham jail

       B7                    Am
I knew Kitty was stubborn to no-'count

        C                    G
But the kitten was crazy in love

          B7                Am
She just had to know why I had to go

         C                 G   Cadd9 G
When she fit just like a glove
[Chorus]
           G          Am
She rode a bay called Chesapeake

C                       G
Stayed on its back for fourteen weeks

                         Am
Rode all the way down to New Orleans

C                  G   Em      G
Tracking down her man
G Em C G [Verse 2]
B7                     Am
She was determined to find me

    C                       G
And I was just planning to hide

        B7                        Am
But she rode through hell just so she could tell me

    C                  G
She needed to be by my side

    B7                         Am
She never complained about the action

         C                      G
When it came down to doing the job

          B7                             Am
She could ride with the best and she was put to the test

    C            G      Cadd9 G
The night 97 was robbed
[Chorus]
        G      Am
We got away on Chesapeake

C                G
Made Tijuana in less than a week

                       Am
Hiding and loving and learning to speak

C                    G
South of the border land

               Am
We got away on Chesapeake

C                G
Made Tijuana in less than a week

                       Am
Ain't going back up to New Orleans

        C                    G   Em  C  G
Staying south of the border land