The Lines Been Drawn
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INTRO
G C G
G Em D G
VERSE
G C G
Something’s just not right
G Em C G
You don’t look the same but I know it’s you
G C G
Pulled over the fence in the broad daylight
G Em D G
2 from 4 and 4 from 2
VERSE
G C G
My stomach feels like the day’s twilight
G Em C G
Where black and white make every shade of grey
G C G
Moving across Iowa in the middle of the night
G Em D G
Nobody has any word to say
[Refrão]
F C G
It looks like the line's been drawn
F C G
It looks like the line's been drawn
G Em C G
Me in the middle and you on both ends
F G
It looks like the line's..... the line's been drawn
G C G
G Em D G
VERSE
G C G
Well the coast and the prairie don’t look the same
G Em C G
Even to a boy who is about my age
G C G
Some milk the cows, others wax the lanes
G Em D G
See the long flat fields or the crests of the waves
VERSE
G C G
And we burn the bowling pins right there on the beach
G Em C G
And their thick black smoke covers up the sun
G C G
You sleep at night because you know we’re in reach
G Em D G
Staying pretty still for being on the run
[Refrão]
F C G
Well, it looks like the line's been drawn
F C G
Yeah, it looks like the line's been drawn
G Em C G
Me in the middle and you on both ends
F G
It looks like the line's..... the line's been drawn
G C G
G Em C G
G C G
G Em D G
BRIDGE
Em Am G Em D G
Fronts come through and storms pass on
Em Am G Em D G
Now it’s all like a snowflake in a boil
Em Am G Em D G
Back home to Iowa with 8 years gone
Em Am G Em D G
4 back to 2 and 2 back to 4
[Refrão]
F
Well, It looks like the line's been drawn
F C G
It looks like the line's been drawn
G Em C G
I guess it doesn’t mean anything in the end
G Em C G
I guess it doesn’t mean anything in the end
G Em C G
I guess it doesn’t mean anything in the end
G Em C G
I guess it doesn’t mean anything in the end
G Em C G x4
F C G x4
How to play The Lines Been Drawn
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.