Laying My Life On The Line     Jerry Jeff Walker

Yeah, (G)(hold)I know there's (Am7)(hold)people who (D)sing,(D4)(D)(hold)
What they (G)(hold)do is a (Am7)(hold)whole different (D)thing.(D4)(D)(hold)
But it's (C)(old)more than a (D)(hold)business,
When you (Bm)stand as a (Em)(hold)witness,
(C)(hold)Lay your whole (D)(hold)life on the (G)line.  (Am7)    (D)    (C)   

I'm (G)layin' my (Am7)life on the (D)line,  (C)(C/B)(Am)
(G)That's what I (Am7)do all the (D)time. (D4)(D)
I (C)go out there (D)each night,
(Bm)Stand in a (Em)white light,
(C)Lay my whole (D)life on the (G)line.  (Am7)    (D)    (C)(C/B)(Am)

(G)Music is (Am7)my way of (D)life,  (C)(C/B)(Am)
(D)Travelling gets (Am7)crazy some(D)times, (D4)(D)
But (C)it takes me (D)places,
For (Bm)I see the (Em)faces
Of the (C)people I (D)touch with my (G)lines.(Am7)    (D)    (C)    (D)    

(C)Sometimes it (Bm)all feels so (Am)good,  (G)    (D)    
(C)Sometimes I just (Bm)feel far from (Am)home.  (G)    (D)
(C)Sometimes I (Bm)wonder, (Am)why do I do it,(G)
Have I (Am7)been on this road for too (D)long?  (D+)(hold)
(G)    (Am7)    (G)    (Am7)    (G)    (Am7)    (G)    (Am7)    

But (G)here I am, (Am7)out here to(D)night,  (C)
(G)Playing the (Am7)songs that I (D)write, (D4)(D)
'Cause the (C)magic in (D)singing
Comes (Bm)through when you're (Em)bringing
Your (C)whole life laid (D)out there in (G)li(Am7)nes,  (Bm7)    (C)
And I'm (hold)laying my (D)(hold)life on the (G)line.

© Jerry Jeff Walker, All Rights Reserved

D+: like D-chord, but Bb-note on G-string.

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