Elbert West - Middle Of The Line Chords

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