Biography:
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. (born January 11, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. Growing up, Keen was interested in music, sports, movies and writing. He attended Texas A&M University, enrolling in the school of journalism. Disappointed in the College Station, Texas music scene, he began playing guitar and learned to read and write music, basing his style on folk, country, blues and roots rock. In 1977 he rented a house from landlord Jack Boyett, where his neighbor was a then-unknown Lyle Lovett.
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Capo 5
Am C
We made Oklahoma a little after 3
G Am
Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC
We had some moonshine whisky
C
and some of Bob's homegrown
G
we were so messed up we didn't know
Am
if we were drunk or stoned
C
Randy was a sad-sack, tall kinda frail
G Am
Bob was a raving maniac, crazier than hell
C
They been kicked out of high school several years ago
G Am
for pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo
Since then they've done their little dance
C
right outside the law
G Am
popped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas
and I don't know what possessed me
C
to want to tag along
G
Cause I was raised a Christian
Am
and I knew right from wrong
CHORUS:
F C
Right or Wrong, black or white
G Am
Cross the line you're gonna pay
C G Am
In the dawn before the light
F G Am
Live and die by shades of gray
We stole two Charolais heifers from
Randy's sweetheart's paw
sold them at the livestock sale
outside of Wichita
We got $900 and never did suspect
the world of hurt we'd be in once
we cashed that check
next day we heard the story
on the local radio
made our plans that very night
to go to Mexico
I swear we would have made it
if it wasn't for that shine
I got sick about the time we crossed
that Kansas line
CHORUS
I was laying' in the bar ditch
prayin' I would die
when a light come on above us
and a voice come from the sky
a half a dozen unmarked cars
came screeching to a halt
They grabbed bob, he started screamin'
it was all my fault
There were men and dogs
and helicopter buzzin' all around
they had the brothers on the
pickup hood and me down on the ground
Bob flew all to pieces but randy he
held tight when a black man in a
suit and tie stepped out into the light
he told his men to turn us loose
they put down their guns
he said these are just some
sorry kids, they ain't the ones
CHORUS
They left us by the roadside
down hearted and alone
Randy got behind the wheel
said boys I'm going home
We turned around to face our fate
hungover but alive on that
mornin' in late April, Oklahoma, 1995
F C
Right or Wrong, black or white
G Am
Cross the line you're gonna pay
C G Am
In the dawn before the light
F G Am
Live and die by shades of gray
F G Am
Live and die by shades of gray
repeat intro
Progression:
Verse:
Dm F C Dm
Chorus:
Bb F C Dm
C Dm F C Dm
Am C
We made Oklahoma a little after 3
G Am
Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC
We had some moonshine whisky
C
and some of Bob's homegrown
G
we were so messed up we didn't know
Am
if we were drunk or stoned
C
Randy was a sad-sack, tall kinda frail
G Am
Bob was a raving maniac, crazier than hell
C
They been kicked out of high school several years ago
G Am
for pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo
Since then they've done their little dance
C
right outside the law
G Am
popped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas
and I don't know what possessed me
C
to want to tag along
G
Cause I was raised a Christian
Am
and I knew right from wrong
CHORUS:
F C
Right or Wrong, black or white
G Am
Cross the line you're gonna pay
C G Am
In the dawn before the light
F G Am
Live and die by shades of gray
We stole two Charolais heifers from
Randy's sweetheart's paw
sold them at the livestock sale
outside of Wichita
We got $900 and never did suspect
the world of hurt we'd be in once
we cashed that check
next day we heard the story
on the local radio
made our plans that very night
to go to Mexico
I swear we would have made it
if it wasn't for that shine
I got sick about the time we crossed
that Kansas line
CHORUS
I was laying' in the bar ditch
prayin' I would die
when a light come on above us
and a voice come from the sky
a half a dozen unmarked cars
came screeching to a halt
They grabbed bob, he started screamin'
it was all my fault
There were men and dogs
and helicopter buzzin' all around
they had the brothers on the
pickup hood and me down on the ground
Bob flew all to pieces but randy he
held tight when a black man in a
suit and tie stepped out into the light
he told his men to turn us loose
they put down their guns
he said these are just some
sorry kids, they ain't the ones
CHORUS
They left us by the roadside
down hearted and alone
Randy got behind the wheel
said boys I'm going home
We turned around to face our fate
hungover but alive on that
mornin' in late April, Oklahoma, 1995
F C
Right or Wrong, black or white
G Am
Cross the line you're gonna pay
C G Am
In the dawn before the light
F G Am
Live and die by shades of gray
F G Am
Live and die by shades of gray
repeat intro
Progression:
Verse:
Dm F C Dm
Chorus:
Bb F C Dm
C Dm F C Dm
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