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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1057432,"song":"Shades Of Gray","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1057432-shades-of-gray-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1057432?type=chord","rating":4.96915,"votes":80,"content":"Capo 5\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe made Oklahoma a little after 3[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRandy, his brother Bob and my old GMC[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe had some moonshine whisky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand some of Bob's homegrown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were so messed up we didn't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nif we were drunk or stoned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRandy was a sad-sack, tall, kinda frail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBob was a raving maniac, crazier than hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey been kicked out of high school several years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor pushin' over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSince then they've done their little dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nright outside the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPopped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I don't know what possessed me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto want to tag along[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause I was raised a Christian[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I knew right from wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Right or wrong, black or white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Cross the line you're gonna pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  In the dawn before the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Live and die by shades of gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe stole two Charolais heifers from[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRandy's sweetheart's paw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSold them at the livestock sale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\noutside of Wichita[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got nine hundred dollars and never did suspect[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe world of hurt we'd be in once[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwe cashed that check[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNext day we heard the story[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\non the local radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMade our plans that very night[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto go to Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I swear we would have made it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif it wasn't for the shine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got sick about the time we crossed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat Kansas line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Right or wrong, black or white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Cross the line you're gonna pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  In the dawn before the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Live and die by shades of gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was lyin' in the bar ditch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nprayin' I would die[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen a light come on above us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand a voice come from the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA half a dozen unmarked cars[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncame screeching to a halt[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey grabbed Bob, he started screamin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit was all my fault[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere were men and dogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand helicopters buzzin' all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey had the brothers on the[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\npickup hood and me down on the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBob flew all to pieces but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRandy he held tight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen a black man in a suit and tie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nstepped out into the light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe told his men to turn us loose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey put down their guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said these are just some[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsorry kids, they ain't the ones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Right or wrong, black or white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Cross the line you're gonna pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  In the dawn before the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Live and die by shades of gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey left us by the roadside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ndownhearted and alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRandy got behind the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSaid boys, I'm going home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe turned around to face our fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhungover but alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\non that mornin' in late April,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOklahoma, '95[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Right or wrong, black or white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Cross the line you're gonna pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  In the dawn before the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Live and die by shades of gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Live and die by shades of gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Live and die by shades of gray[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat intro\r\n\r\n\r\nProgression (no capo):\r\nVerse:\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo 5\n\n[Intro]\nAm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat intro\n\n\nProgression (no capo):\nVerse:\nDm  F  C  Dm\n\nChorus:\nBb  F  C  Dm\nC  Dm  F C Dm","chords":["Am","C","G","F","A","Dm","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}