Verse
Am G Am
He was a shrimper out of San Leon bad language and bad teeth
Am G Am
He had an oyster shell exterior even rougher underneath
C G Am G
The deckhands called him captain the new comers called him stew
Am G Am
The old salts called him catfish by the way his whiskers grew
Am G Am
Tattoo on a sunburned arm said Ruby in a black heart
Am G Am
Sometimes he’d wake up sweating and yell that name out in the dark
C G Am G
She came down from Corpus Christi part woman part child
Am G Am
And the way she moved could take your breath and it drove the rednecks wild
[Chorus]
C G
Beauty and pain are fleeting
Am G
They get washed to the sea
Am G Am
Storms swell like Satan only God can wash you clean
[Verse 2]
Am G Am
Catfish could not help himself and Ruby was not free
Am G Am
He didn’t see her for what she was but what he wanted her to be
C G Am G
He never answered questions about the future or the past
Am G Am
Just another shot of whiskey saying nothing ever lasts
Am G Am
The warnings had come early and the morning looked like blood
Am G Am
The birds were wild and nervous like before the last big flood
C G Am G
Everybody stared to the sea it took their breath
Am G Am
Clouds grew dark and ominous looked like danger looked like death
[Chorus]
C G
Beauty and pain are fleeting
Am G
They get washed to the sea
Am G Am
Storms swell like Satan only God can wash you clean
[Verse 3]
Am G Am
Catfish started drinking like a hundred times before
Am G Am
You ain’t going to get me this time he said you dirty whore
C G Am G
He’d rode out every single storm that ever hit the coast
Am G Am
But the worst storm raged inside him and haunted like a ghost
Am G Am
They all started boarding up the windows nothing new
Am G Am
But this one felt different and the storm clouds sailed steel blue
C G Am G
I’m going to ride her out right here this boats my ball and chain
Am G Am
Damn storm named Ruby ain’t no bitch I can’t tame
[Chorus]
C G
Beauty and pain are fleeting
Am G
They get washed to the sea
Am G Am
Storms swell like Satan only God can wash you clean
[Verse 4]
Am G Am
By the next morning it looked like a bad dream
Am G Am
Somebody said that late that night they heard somebody scream
C G Am G
The tide receded slowly and revealed the sunken wreck
Am G Am
Bow lines still tied to the dock holes pounded through the deck
Am G Am
Down below what they found is still talked about today
Am G Am
Catfish sitting dead as life his skin all wet gray
C G Am G
And when they came to take him they sounded the alarm
Am G Am
The tattoo that said Ruby had all but vanished from his arm
[Outro]
C G
Beauty and pain are fleeting
Am G
They get washed to the sea
Am G Am
Storms swell like Satan only God washes you clean
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