Robert Earl Keen - Shades of gray

^AmWe made Oklahoma a ^Clittle after 3 ^GRandy, his brother Bob and my old ^AmGMC ^AmWe had some moonshine whisky ^Cand some of Bob's homegrown ^Gwe were so messed up we didn't know if we were drunk ^Amor stoned ^AmRandy was a sad-sack, ^Ctall kinda frail ^GBob was a raving maniac, crazier than ^Amhell ^AmThey'd been kicked out of high school, ^Cseveral years ago for ^Gpushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H ^Amrodeo ^AmSince then they've done their little dance ^Cright outside the law popped ^Gtwice in Oklahoma, once in ^AmArkansas ^Amand I don't know what possessed me ^Cto want to tag along Cause I ^Gwas raised a Christian and I knew right from ^Amwrong

^FRight or Wrong, black or ^Cwhite ^GCross the line you're gonna^Am pay ^CIn the daw^Gn before the ^Amlight ^FLive and die b^Gy shades o^Amf gray

^AmWe stole two Charolais heifers from ^CRandy's sweetheart's paw ^Gsold them at the livestock sale ^Amoutside of Wichita ^AmWe got $900 and ^Cnever did suspect ^Gthe world of hurt we'd be in ^Amonce we cashed that check ^Amnext day we heard the story ^Con the local radio ^Gmade our plans that very night ^Amto go to Mexico ^AmI swear we would have made it ^Cif it wasn't for that shine ^GI got sick about the time ^Amwe crossed that Kansas line

^FRight or Wrong, black or ^Cwhite ^GCross the line you're gonna^Am pay ^CIn the daw^Gn before the ^Amlight ^FLive and die b^Gy shades o^Amf gray

^AmI was laying' in the bar ditch ^Cprayin' I would die ^Gwhen a light come on above us ^Aand a voice come from the sky a ^Amhalf a dozen unmarked cars ^Ccame screeching to a halt ^GThey grabbed bob, he started screamin' ^Amit was all my fault ^AmThere were men and dogs and ^Chelicopters buzzin' all around ^Gthey had the brothers on the pickup hood ^Amand me down on the ground ^AmBob flew all to pieces ^CBut Randy he held tight ^Gwhen a black man in a suit and tie ^Amstepped out into the light ^Amhe told his men to turn us loose and ^Cthey put down their guns ^Ghe said these are just some sorry kids, ^Amthey ain't the ones

^FRight or Wrong, black or ^Cwhite ^GCross the line you're gonna^Am pay ^CIn the daw^Gn before the ^Amlight ^FLive and die b^Gy shades o^Amf gray

^AmThey left us by the roadside ^Cdown hearted and alone ^GRandy got behind the wheel ^Amsaid boys I'm going home ^AmWe turned around to face our fate ^Chungover but alive ^Gon that mornin' in late April, ^AmOklahoma, 1995

^FRight or Wrong, black or ^Cwhite ^GCross the line you're gonna^Am pay ^CIn the daw^Gn before the ^Amlight ^FLive and die b^Gy shades o^Amf gray ^FLive and die b^Gy shades o^Amf gray