Chords for On the Line
Tempo:
93.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Em]
[E] [Em] [G]
On the line, [D] watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line for generations of the family farm.
[D] And [Em] the clothesline [G] tells the story.
[G] I got so lonesome for my brother [D] when [Em] he left the line, [C] when he moved ten [G] miles away.
A draft notice, I sent Mama crying [D] [Em] as she hung his clothes [G] on the clothesline.
I said Milo's leaving for a place called Omaha.
[D] Why [Em] are you sad Ma?
It's [G] just a change.
[E] On the line, watchin' [G] Mama hang the clothes on the [E] line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the [G] line.
And a generation of love and knowledge [Em] had left the line when we lost [G] Granny.
And my sister Ginny was the next to leave, [Em] but her clothes come home [C] for the weekend line.
On [E] the line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line.
[A] I washed Mama's dresses one last time.
I watched Daddy hang his [D] own clothes on the line.
[Dm] The folks left the line [G] and the farm fell away, but the line [G] will go on anyway.
The line will go [D] on anyway.
[G] New generations, the house is rented.
[D]
And a [Em] young girl [C] plays in the [G] backyard.
And she'll [G] play in safety till she's a woman.
[D] And she'll [C] remember why Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[E] On the line, watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [E] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[G] Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
[E] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the [C#] line, watchin' [N] Mama hang the clothes on the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [G] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[E] Little everybody knows [Em] she put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the [G] clothes on the line.
[E] On the [G] line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes [Em] on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she [Em] put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the clothes [G] on the line.
[Bm] On the line.
[Em] [C#m] [G]
[E] [Em] [F#]
[E] [Em] [G]
On the line, [D] watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line for generations of the family farm.
[D] And [Em] the clothesline [G] tells the story.
[G] I got so lonesome for my brother [D] when [Em] he left the line, [C] when he moved ten [G] miles away.
A draft notice, I sent Mama crying [D] [Em] as she hung his clothes [G] on the clothesline.
I said Milo's leaving for a place called Omaha.
[D] Why [Em] are you sad Ma?
It's [G] just a change.
[E] On the line, watchin' [G] Mama hang the clothes on the [E] line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the [G] line.
And a generation of love and knowledge [Em] had left the line when we lost [G] Granny.
And my sister Ginny was the next to leave, [Em] but her clothes come home [C] for the weekend line.
On [E] the line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line.
[A] I washed Mama's dresses one last time.
I watched Daddy hang his [D] own clothes on the line.
[Dm] The folks left the line [G] and the farm fell away, but the line [G] will go on anyway.
The line will go [D] on anyway.
[G] New generations, the house is rented.
[D]
And a [Em] young girl [C] plays in the [G] backyard.
And she'll [G] play in safety till she's a woman.
[D] And she'll [C] remember why Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[E] On the line, watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [E] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[G] Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
[E] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the [C#] line, watchin' [N] Mama hang the clothes on the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [G] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[E] Little everybody knows [Em] she put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the [G] clothes on the line.
[E] On the [G] line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes [Em] on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she [Em] put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the clothes [G] on the line.
[Bm] On the line.
[Em] [C#m] [G]
[E] [Em] [F#]
Key:
G
Em
D
E
A
G
Em
D
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G]
On the line, [D] watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line for generations of the family farm.
[D] And [Em] the clothesline [G] tells the story.
[G] I got so lonesome for my brother [D] when [Em] he left the line, [C] when he moved ten [G] miles away.
A draft notice, I sent Mama crying [D] [Em] as she hung his clothes [G] on the clothesline.
I said Milo's leaving for a place called Omaha.
[D] Why [Em] are you sad Ma?
It's [G] just a change. _
[E] On the line, watchin' [G] Mama hang the clothes on the [E] line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the [G] line.
And a _ generation of love and knowledge [Em] had left the line when we lost [G] Granny.
And my sister Ginny was the next to leave, [Em] but her clothes come home [C] for the weekend line.
On [E] the line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line.
[A] I washed Mama's dresses one last time.
I watched Daddy hang his [D] own clothes on the line.
[Dm] The folks left the line [G] and the farm fell away, but the line [G] will go on anyway.
The line will go [D] on anyway. _
[G] New generations, the house is rented.
_ [D]
And a [Em] young girl [C] plays in the [G] backyard.
And she'll [G] play in safety till she's a woman.
[D] And she'll [C] remember why Mama hung the clothes on the line. _
[E] On the line, watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [E] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[G] Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
[E] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the [C#] line, watchin' [N] Mama hang the clothes on the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [G] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[E] Little everybody knows [Em] she put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the [G] clothes on the line.
[E] On the [G] line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes [Em] on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she [Em] put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the clothes [G] on the line.
[Bm] On the line.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G]
On the line, [D] watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line for generations of the family farm.
[D] And [Em] the clothesline [G] tells the story.
[G] I got so lonesome for my brother [D] when [Em] he left the line, [C] when he moved ten [G] miles away.
A draft notice, I sent Mama crying [D] [Em] as she hung his clothes [G] on the clothesline.
I said Milo's leaving for a place called Omaha.
[D] Why [Em] are you sad Ma?
It's [G] just a change. _
[E] On the line, watchin' [G] Mama hang the clothes on the [E] line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the [G] line.
And a _ generation of love and knowledge [Em] had left the line when we lost [G] Granny.
And my sister Ginny was the next to leave, [Em] but her clothes come home [C] for the weekend line.
On [E] the line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes on [E] the line.
Little everybody [Em] knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on [G] the line.
[A] I washed Mama's dresses one last time.
I watched Daddy hang his [D] own clothes on the line.
[Dm] The folks left the line [G] and the farm fell away, but the line [G] will go on anyway.
The line will go [D] on anyway. _
[G] New generations, the house is rented.
_ [D]
And a [Em] young girl [C] plays in the [G] backyard.
And she'll [G] play in safety till she's a woman.
[D] And she'll [C] remember why Mama hung the clothes on the line. _
[E] On the line, watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she put her life on the [A] line every time.
[D] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [E] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[G] Little everybody knows she put her life on [A] the line every time.
[E] Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the [C#] line, watchin' [N] Mama hang the clothes on the line.
Little everybody knows she put her life on the line every time.
Mama hung the clothes on the line.
[Em] On the line, [G] watchin' Mama hang the [Em] clothes on the line.
[E] Little everybody knows [Em] she put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the [G] clothes on the line.
[E] On the [G] line, watchin' Mama hang the clothes [Em] on the line.
[D] Little everybody knows she [Em] put her life on the [A] line every time.
Mama hung the clothes [G] on the line.
[Bm] On the line.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _