Keepin It 'tween The Lines
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Keepin’ it ‘Tween the Lines
© 2004 Paul Eason & Taylor Davis
Intro: C7 G7 C7 D7
Verse:
C7 G7 C7 G7
I have been a lot of places - No where else can compare
C7 G7 A7 D7
They ain’t got no Texas women - They ain’t got no Lone Star Beer
Bm C D Em F D7/F#
I’m as free as any man can be - but I ain’t goin’ nowhere
[Refrão]Em G
Just keepin’ it ‘tween the lines, in the land of barbecue and pecan pie
C D G
Give me rivers and dancehalls and open skies
C Cm6 Bm7 E7
From the Red to the Rio Grande, New Mexico to Louisian(a)
A7 D7 G
Just keepin’ it ‘tween the lines
Verse:
Sittin’ on the Guadalupe - Summer breeze blowin’ in my hair
Think I’ll float on down to Gruene Hall - I know they got good music there
Ain’t no good times you can’t find - livin’ in a Lone Star state of mind
Chorus
Solos over Intro
Verse:
Sleepin’ on the Rio Bravo - Campin’ under Marfa lights
Got some friends up in San Angelo - They won’t leave me lonely tonight
If you don’t think I’ll stay here all my life - you just count the days and nights
Chorus
Tag:
A7 D7 B7 E7
Just keepin’ it ‘tween the lines
A7 D7 G
Just keepin’ it ‘tween the lines
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