Chords for Robert Earl Keen - Shades of Gray (Live From Austin TX)

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_ We met in Oklahoma [F] a little after [C] three, right near his brother Bob, my old [Dm] GMC.
We had some moonshine whiskey [F] and some of Bob's homegrown.
We [C] were so messed up we didn't know if we were [Dm] drunk or stoned.
_ _ Right there was a sad [F] sack, tall, kind of [C] frail.
Bob was a rave maniac and crazier [Dm] than hell.
They'd been kicked out of high [F] school several years ago [C] for pushing over port-a-cans and
the 4-H [Dm] rodeo.
Since then they've done their little [F] dance right outside the law.
[C] Bob's wife's from Austin, Texas and one's from [Dm] Arkansas.
I don't know what possessed [F] me, don't want to tag along, [C] cause I was raised Christian
and I did right from [Am] wrong.
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Ride along, [F] bag of wine, _ [C] _ _
cost nine, you're gonna [Dm] pay.
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In [C] the dawn [Dm] for the love, _ [Bb] _
[C] livery down by [Dm] shades of gray.
I'm a man of my word, I'm a man of my word.
I'm a man of my word, I'm a man of my word.
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We stole Charlie Heathers [F] from Randy Sweetheart's Pa.
[C] Sold him at the livestock sale outside of [Dm] Wichita.
We got $900 [F] and never did [C] suspect the world of hurt we'd be in.
Once we [Dm]
cashed the check, the next day we heard this story [F] on the local radio.
[C] We made our plan that very night to go [Dm] to Mexico.
And I swear we would have made [F] it if it wasn't for the [C] shine.
I got sick about the time we crossed [Dm] that Kansas line.
_ [Bb] _ Ride along, bag [F] _ _ _ _ [C] of wine, cost nine, you're gonna [Dm] pay.
[D] _ _ [F] _ [C] In the dawn [Dm] for the love, _ _ [Bb] _ [C] livery down by [Dm] shades of gray.
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[Dm] _ _ _ I was lying in the [F] barnage, praying I would die [C] when a light come on above us and a voice
called [Dm] from the sky.
I had a dozen unmarked [F] cars, gang streets and town.
[C] My grandpa started screaming, it was [Dm] all my fault.
There were many dogs and [F] helicopters buzzing all around.
[C] They had the brothers on the pickup, putting me [Dm] down on the ground.
And Bob blew all to [F] pieces, but Randy held tight.
[C] Then a black man in a suit and tie stepped into [Dm] the light.
He told his men to turn [F] us loose, and they put down their [C] guns.
He said, these are just some sorry kids.
They ain't [Dm] the ones.
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Ride along, [F] bag _ _ _ [C]
of wine, cost nine, you're [Dm] gonna pay.
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[C] In the dawn [Dm] for the love, _ _ [Bb] _
[C] livery down by [Dm] shades of gray.
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They left the spot [F] roadside, downhearted and alone.
[C] Randy got behind the wheel, said, boys, [Dm] I'm going home.
We turned around and faced [F] our fate, hung over but alive.
[C] That morning in late April, Oklahoma [Dm]
95.
_ _ [Bb] _ Ride along, [F] bag of wine, _ _ [C] cross the line, [Dm] you're gonna _ pay.
_ [F] In [C] the dawn for [Dm] the love, _ _ [Bb] _ [C] livery down by [Dm] shades of gray.
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] Livery down by [D] shades of [Am] gray.
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] Livery down by [Dm] shades of gray. _ _ _ _ _ _
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