Shades Of Gray

C#m E We made Oklahoma a little after three B C#m Randy his brother Bob in my old GMC We had some moonshine whiskey E Some of Bob's homegrown B C#m We were so messed up we didn't know if we were drunk or stoned C#m E Randy was a sad sack tall kinda frail B C#m Bob was a ravin' maniac, crazier than hell E They'd been kicked outta high school several years ago B C#m For kickin' over porta-cans at the 4H rodeo C#m E Since then they done their little dance right outside the law B C#m Popped twice in Oklahoma and once in Arkansas C#m E And I don't know what possessed me to want to tag along B C#m Cause I was raised a Christian and I knew right from wrong A E Right or wrong black or white B C#m Cross the line you're gonna pay E B C#m In the dawn before the light A B C#m Live or die by shades of gray C#m We stole two charolais heifers E From Randy's sweetheart's pa B C#m And sold them at the livestock sales outside of Wichita C#m E We got nine hundred dollars and never did suspect B C#m The world of hurt we'd be in once we cashed that check E Next day we heard the story on the local radio B C#m And made our plans that very night to go to Mexico E And I swear we would've made it if it wasn't for the shine B C#m I got sick about the time we crossed that Kansas line A E Right or wrong black or white B C#m Cross the line you're gonna pay E B C#m In the dawn before the light A B C#m Live or die by shades of gray SOLO C#m E I was lying in the bar ditch praying I would die B When a light came on above us C#m And a voice called from the sky E A half dozen unmarked cards came screeching to a halt B C#m They grabbed Bob he started screaming that it was my fault E There were men and dogs and helicopters flying all around B They had the brothers on the pickup hood C#m And me on the ground E Then Bob flew all to pieces but Randy he held tight B C#m When a black man in a suit and tie stepped into the light He told his men to turn us loose E And they put down their guns B He said these are just some sorry kids C#m They ain't the ones A E Right or wrong black or white B C#m Cross the line you're gonna pay E B C#m In the dawn before the light A B C#m Live or die by shades of gray C#m E They left us by the roadside downhearted and alone B C#m Randy got behind the wheel said boys I'm going home E So we turned round and faced our fate hung over but alive B C#m On that morning Oklahoma late April nintry five From Cry Cry Cry Razor & Tie Records 1998 Keen Edge Music (BMI)