Caroline Jones - Gulf Coast Girl: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Gulf Coast Girl" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

   A                                     D
I love Pensacola, and Apalachicola, and Tampa,
St. Pete
                                  A
My particular bare feet like to splash in the waves
                   E7      A
Maybe misbehave, occasionally
           G
I spend a fair amount of time at the Flora-Bama line
             D
Destined to hang out more at Mobile and Gulf Shores
   A
A very special chart, is locked in my heart,
     E                   A
Of places that I love to be

Chorus:
             D          G
Cause I’m a gulf coast girl
                 A                      Bm    A
Partial to the  the warm winds and the salty water!
 D          G
Gulf coast girl
               A                G
Yeah, I got a little mermaid in me
             D         G
And in the whole wide world
           A                           Bm
No other place where the days and the nights'll
     A
run hotter
 D          G
Gulf coast girl
          A                   D
Right at home on my American sea

Have a world of fun, on a Pascagoula run
And you might get lucky on a beach in Biloxi
Get tanner, get thinner and go home a winner,
occasionally
We can surf Boca Chica and Galveston Bay
Ride horses on the beach in South Padre
No we’re not in Kansas. Hola Port Aransas!
Do you wanna two-step with me?

Chorus

         Bm
She’s a Louisiana little ‘bove the mighty Mississip
 G                     F#7
Right down from New Orleans!
          Bm
Give me a po boy to go, I never was a show
    G             A
And I know, just what that means

Chorus:
And I’m a Gulf Coast girl
I’m Gulf Coast girl
I gotta little mermaid in me

And in the whole wide world
No other place where the days
and the nights run hotter
Gulf Coast girl
Yeah, I’m right at home on my American sea
I’m right at home on my American sea
I gotta little mermaid in me


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

E7

Guitar chord E7

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Gulf Coast Girl" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Gulf Coast Girl" by Caroline Jones.