Shades Of Gray
Robert Earl KeenVersion1
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We made Oklahoma a little after 3
Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC
We had some moonshine whisky
and some of Bob's homegrown
we were so messed up we didn't know
if we were drunk or stoned
Randy was a sad-sack, tall kinda frail
Bob was a raving maniac, crazier than hell
They been kicked out of high school several years ago
for pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo
Since then they've done their little dance
right outside the law
popped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas
and I don't know what possessed me
to want to tag along
Cause I was raised a Christian
and I knew right from wrong
Right or Wrong, black or white
Cross the line you're gonna pay
In the dawn before the light
Live and die by shades of gray
We stole two Charolais heifers from
Randy's sweetheart's paw
sold them at the livestock sale
outside of Wichita
We got $900 and never did suspect
the world of hurt we'd be in once
we cashed that check
next day we heard the story
on the local radio
made our plans that very night
to go to Mexico
I swear we would have made it
if it wasn't for that shine
I got sick about the time we crossed
that Kansas line
I was laying' in the bar ditch
prayin' I would die
when a light come on above us
and a voice come from the sky
a half a dozen unmarked cars
came screeching to a halt
They grabbed bob, he started screamin'
it was all my fault
There were men and dogs
and helicopter buzzin' all around
they had the brothers on the
pickup hood and me down on the ground
Bob flew all to pieces but randy he
held tight when a black man in a
suit and tie stepped out into the light
he told his men to turn us loose
they put down their guns
he said these are just some
sorry kids, they ain't the ones
They left us by the roadside
down hearted and alone
Randy got behind the wheel
said boys I'm going home
We turned around to face our fate
hungover but alive on that
mornin' in late April, Oklahoma, 1995
Right or Wrong, black or white
Cross the line you're gonna pay
In the dawn before the light
Live and die by shades of gray
Live and die by shades of gray
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Readable chord sheet for Shades Of Gray by Robert Earl Keen
[Am]We made Oklahoma a littl[C]e after 3 [G]Randy, his brother Bob and my old GM[Am]C We had some moonshine whisky [C]and some of Bob's homegrown [G]we were so messed up we didn't know if we were drunk o[Am]r stoned Randy was a sad-sack, ta[C]ll kinda frail [G]Bob was a raving maniac, crazier than [Am]hell They been kicked out of high school [C]several years ago for [G]pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H[Am] rodeo Since then they've done their little dance [C]right outside the law popped t[G]wice in Oklahoma, once in Ar[Am]kansas and I don't know what possessed me [C]to want to tag along Cause I [G]was raised a Christian and I knew right from[Am] wrong [F]Right or Wrong, black or [C]white [G]Cross the line you're gonna[Am] pay [C]In the daw[G]n before the [Am]light [F]Live and die b[G]y shades o[Am]f gray We stole two Charolais heifers from Randy's sweetheart's paw sold them at the livestock sale outside of Wichita We got $900 and never did suspect the world of hurt we'd be in once we cashed that check next day we heard the story on the local radio made our plans that very night to go to Mexico I swear we would have made it if it wasn't for that shine I got sick about the time we crossed that Kansas line I was laying' in the bar ditch prayin' I would die when a light come on above us and a voice come from the sky a half a dozen unmarked cars came screeching to a halt They grabbed bob, he started screamin' it was all my fault There were men and dogs and helicopter buzzin' all around they had the brothers on the pickup hood and me down on the ground Bob flew all to pieces but randy he held tight when a black man in a suit and tie stepped out into the light he told his men to turn us loose they put down their guns he said these are just some sorry kids, they ain't the ones They left us by the roadside down hearted and alone Randy got behind the wheel said boys I'm going home We turned around to face our fate hungover but alive on that mornin' in late April, Oklahoma, 1995 [F]Right or Wrong, black or [C]white [G]Cross the line you're gonna[Am] pay [C]In the daw[G]n before the [Am]light [F]Live and die b[G]y shades o[Am]f gray [F]Live and die b[G]y shades o[Am]f gray repeat intro Progression: [Dm] [F] [C] [Dm] [Bb] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [F] [C] [Dm]