Em                        G D                  Am   C
Well I've been hell hounded by a pack of wild lies
Em                  G D                  Am     C
I've been dumbfounded by the fools you idolize
Am                        G
Spellbound by boredom too blind to realize
            D
I forgot to tell the truth, forgot to act with proof
    Am             C
Or look into your eyes

[Chorus]
G       Am
On the straight and narrow
C                  D            G
Be aware of which side you may fall
       Am                 C
Its so hard to walk that line
                   D            G
When you're just learnin'  (to crawl)

[Verse]
Em                             G        D
Now a desperate wind blows through me
                      Am     C
I'm a torn up window screen
Em                  G                           D
You handed me your blanket, it's full of holes
                           Am   C                  
To match your promises unseen
Em                               
That same wind that shakes your bonnet
G                
Rattles your lushest green
                      D             
And it blows into the head of every redneck son
       Am                 C
With a bitterness unseen

[Bridge]
Em  C              Am D                   Em
No you can't leave it, you don't love it
    C            Am D
You don't even try to rise above it

[Chorus] (x3)
Em                      G     D                    Am     C      
Now I've been an honest outlaw, and a preacher man thievin'
Em                    G D                   Am     C 
A well contented beggar, And a millionaire grieving
Em
I have taken many trains in this life
           G
That have stopped a little east of even
               D
And that's an obvious excuse to throw your hands up and refuse
         Am              C
To have something to believe in