{"id":6968,"date":"2022-01-20T18:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T18:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:54:16","slug":"galveston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/galveston\/","title":{"rendered":"Galveston"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thanks Graham Bilton<\/span><\/h6>\n

[D<\/em>]<\/strong> [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [A<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[D<\/em>]<\/strong> Galveston, oh [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Gal-[A<\/em>]<\/strong>ves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton<\/span>
\nI still hear your [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> sea winds [G<\/em>]<\/strong> blowin\u2019 [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd I still [D<\/em>]<\/strong> see her dark [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> eyes [G<\/em>]<\/strong> glowin\u2019 [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nShe was [A<\/em>]<\/strong> twenty [Bm<\/em>]<\/strong> one, when [G<\/em>]<\/strong> I left Galves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton. [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [A<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[D<\/em>]<\/strong> Galveston, oh [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Gal-[A<\/em>]<\/strong>ves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton<\/span>
\nI still hear your [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> sea waves [G<\/em>]<\/strong> crashin\u2019[Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd [A<\/em>]<\/strong> while I [D<\/em>]<\/strong> watch the [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> cannons [G<\/em>]<\/strong> flashing [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nI [A<\/em>]<\/strong> clean my [Bm<\/em>]<\/strong> gun, and [G<\/em>]<\/strong> dream of Galves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton. [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [A<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I [F<\/em>]<\/strong> still see her standing [G<\/em>]<\/strong> by the [F<\/em>]<\/strong> water [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[Am<\/em>]<\/strong> Standing there, looking out to [F<\/em>]<\/strong> sea<\/span>
\nAnd is she [Dm<\/em>]<\/strong> waiting [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> there for [C<\/em>]<\/strong> me?<\/span>
\nOn the [Em<\/em>]<\/strong> beach where we used to [Dm<\/em>]<\/strong> run [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [A<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[D<\/em>]<\/strong> Galveston, oh [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Gal-[A<\/em>]<\/strong>ves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton<\/span>
\nI am so a-[D7<\/em>]<\/strong>fraid of [G<\/em>]<\/strong> dyin\u2019 [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nBe-[A<\/em>]<\/strong>fore I [D<\/em>]<\/strong> dry the [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> tears she\u2019s [G<\/em>]<\/strong> cryin\u2019 [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nBe-[A<\/em>]<\/strong>fore I [Bm<\/em>]<\/strong> watch your [A<\/em>]<\/strong> sea birds [G<\/em>]<\/strong> flying [F#m<\/em>]<\/strong> in the [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong> sun<\/span>
\nAt [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Galves-[B<\/em>]<\/strong>ton, at [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Galves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton.<\/span><\/p>\n

[D<\/em>]<\/strong> Galveston, oh [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Gal-[A<\/em>]<\/strong>ves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton<\/span>
\nI still hear your [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> sea waves [G<\/em>]<\/strong> crashin\u2019 [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd [A<\/em>]<\/strong> while I [D<\/em>]<\/strong> watch the [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> cannons [G<\/em>]<\/strong> flashing [Em7<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nI [A<\/em>]<\/strong> clean my [Bm<\/em>]<\/strong> gun, and [G<\/em>]<\/strong> dream of Galves-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>ton.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Waiting<\/span>
\nCreating..<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks Graham Bilton [D] [G] [A] [D] Galveston, oh [G] Gal-[A]ves-[D]ton I still hear your [D7] sea winds [G] blowin\u2019 [Em7] And I still [D] see her dark [D7] eyes [G] glowin\u2019 [Em7] She was [A] twenty [Bm] one, when [G] I left Galves-[D]ton. [G] [A] [D] Galveston, oh [G] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGalveston<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}