Middle of the Line Lee/West INTRO: D G G C I was not a bad kid, I just had more energy than most D I often found myself at the end of my daddy's belt C D G Always runnin' 'til I ran right out of rope C Yeah I gave my folks some gray hair back in my young hard-headed days D And I may be a little older now C G But I'm a hundred proof that some things never change CHORUS: G 'Cause I don't live my life a-walkin' no line D I'm a little bit left and a little bit right and wrong some G I do it my way but the price I pay for livin' the life on the edge is lonesome Em Some hearts are broke 'cause I couldn't follow that narrow path no matter how I tried F D G I just can't keep both feet in the middle of the line INTRO When I tied the not in Tulsa, I was hardly old enough to shave I tried to settle down, but Lord it came unwound She was a good girl, I just couldn't live that way Sometimes I think about her and the way it could have been If I'd only been the kind who could just be satisfied C D G Goin' down a road that never bends CHORUS (2x) F D I just can't keep both feet in the middle of the line INTRO out Middle of the Line Lee/West INTRO: D G G C I was not a bad kid, I just had more energy than most D I often found myself at the end of my daddy's belt
C D G Always runnin' 'til I ran right out of rope C Yeah I gave my folks some gray hair back in my young hard-headed days D And I may be a little older now C G But I'm a hundred proof that some things never change CHORUS: G 'Cause I don't live my life a-walkin' no line D I'm a little bit left and a little bit right and wrong some G I do it my way but the price I pay for livin' the life on the edge is lonesome Em Some hearts are broke 'cause I couldn't follow that narrow path no matter how I tried F D G I just can't keep both feet in the middle of the line INTRO When I tied the not in Tulsa, I was hardly old enough to shave I tried to settle down, but Lord it came unwound She was a good girl, I just couldn't live that way Sometimes I think about her and the way it could have been If I'd only been the kind who could just be satisfied C D G Goin' down a road that never bends CHORUS (2x) F D I just can't keep both feet in the middle of the line INTRO out