0:00.00 INTRO (Bar 1) - Harmonica lead (4 bars)
0:10.43 VERSE 1 (Bar 5) - 12 bars
0:41.74 PRE-CHORUS 1 (Bar 17) - 4 bars (optional STOP last 2 beats)
0:52.17 CHORUS 1 (Bar 21) - 8 bars
1:13.04 H TAG 1 (Bar 29) - 1 bar
1:15.65 VERSE 2 (Bar 30) - 10 bars
1:41.74 CHORUS 2 (Bar 40) - 8 bars
2:02.61 H TAG 2 (Bar 48) - 1 bar
2:05.22 VERSE 3 (Bar 49) - 10 bars (darker)
2:31.30 PRE-CHORUS 2 (Bar 59) - 4 bars (optional STOP last 2 beats)
2:41.74 CHORUS 3 (Bar 63) - 8 bars
3:02.61 H TAG 3 (Bar 71) - 1 bar
3:05.22 VERSE 4 (Bar 72) - 6 bars (warm)
3:20.87 BRIDGE (Bar 78) - 6 bars (half-time feel)
3:36.52 FINAL CHORUS (Bar 84) - 8 bars (BIG)
3:57.39 H TAG 4 (Bar 92) - 1 bar
4:00.00 GUITAR SOLO (Bar 93) - 6 bars (H answers late)
4:15.65 OUTRO (Bar 99) - 4 bars (spoken + fade)
4:26.09 END
TITLE: Golden Arm (Gulf Coast Cowboy)
TEMPO: 92 BPM | TIME: 4/4 | VOCAL: Male | SIGNATURE: Harmonica every chorus + tags
[INTRO - Harmonica]
[Harmonica] Long, lonesome Gulf Coast lick
[Male spoken] Yeah… Gulf Coast Cowboy. They call me Golden Arm. If you know, you know.
[VERSE 1 – The Early Days]
Started young on that pipeline row,
Torch in my fist where the cold wind blow.
Dawn to dark, them twelve-hour grinds,
One bad bead? Nah—couldn’t be mine.
Shutdown call, I’d chase that pay,
Rig up quick, then I’m gone for days.
Foreman said, “That boy don’t miss,”
X-ray clean—put my name on this.
[PRE-CHORUS]
Boots on gravel, hood down low,
Steel don’t care—but I always know.
Heat and pressure, that’s where I’m strong…
Say it with me if you hear that song—
[CHORUS]
Oh, Golden Arm—king of the weld,
Burnin’ bright where the sparks all fell.
Pipeline dreams and the open road,
Chasin’ fire where the wild wind blow.
Gulf Coast Cowboy, that’s what they call—
Golden Arm, I outwork ’em all.
[Harmonica tag]
[VERSE 2 – The Welding Craft]
Walk the cup like a tightrope run,
6010 root bitin’ hot, no stunt.
Whip-and-stack, let it talk real mean,
Cap so smooth it look factory clean.
Feather edges, blend that line,
TIG on stainless—mirror shine.
Downhill pipe or that uphill groove,
Golden Arm make the metal move.
[CHORUS]
Oh, Golden Arm—king of the weld,
Burnin’ bright where the sparks all fell.
Pipeline dreams and the open road,
Chasin’ fire where the wild wind blow.
Gulf Coast Cowboy, that’s what they call—
Golden Arm, I outwork ’em all.
[Harmonica tag]
[VERSE 3 – The Wild Years]
When the hood came off, nights went loud,
Neon sins in a smoke-thick crowd.
Whiskey talk and a bad idea,
One more round like I wasn’t here.
Too much run, too little grace,
Hard love learnin’ at a hard pace.
Job to job, state to state,
Golden Arm weldin’ up his fate.
[PRE-CHORUS]
That road get cold when the money fade,
And the tough-man mask start crackin’ late.
Ain’t proud of it, but I paid them dues…
Now I’m choosin’ somethin’ I won’t lose.
[CHORUS]
Oh, Golden Arm—king of the weld,
Burnin’ bright where the sparks all fell.
Pipeline dreams and the open road,
Chasin’ fire where the wild wind blow
GulfCoastCowboy
