C*

E|-----|
B|--0--|
G|--2--|
D|--0--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|

G*

E|-----|
B|-----|
G|--0--|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|--3--|

A*

E|-----|
B|-----|
G|--0--|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|

C/G

E|-----|
B|--1--|
G|--0--|
D|--2--|
A|-----|
E|--3--|

E*

E|-----|
B|--9--|
G|--9--|
D|--9--|
A|-----|
E|--7--|


Intro/Verse Pattern

   Em    C*  Em    G*
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-0---2-2-2--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------3----------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-3------------------------------------------------------------------|

Em
Thin line
C*        Em
Walking a thin line
G*      Em       C* A*
Staying out late at night
        Em
I'm not happy
C*      Em
Feeling low
        C/G
It's so hard these days to play my cards right
      Em
It's about time
   C*        Em
To start the show
G*    Em                          C*        Em
I got tickets for my friends that want to go
                 A*
And I wish you'd come down

Just come on by
                Em                  C*     Em
Oh, I need your easy roll around of a good time

              C
'Cause I want whiskey when I'm sick
      E*
And a man when I'm well
         C
But it's nice to have them both sometimes
       E*
When I feel like raising hell
                 E
So don't try and save me
             D
I'll be just fine
            A                            E
I'm getting used to walking on a thin line

            Em
Some days I try hard
C*          Em
To watch my mouth
G*         Em
To say the right things
                   C*         A*
But the wrong just slip right out
               Em
Oh, I ain't no Southern belle
C*         Em
No Georgia peach
            C/G
I guess all my good graces are too far out of reach

  C
I sleep so deep each night
          E*
I'm lying in the bed we made
    C
And when I get you off, babe
         E*
Well you know it's give and take
           E
So I don't feel bad
           D
When I get mine
                A                              E
Oh, I'm getting used to walking on a thin line

              Em
Sometimes I'm doing things half-ass wrong
              Em
Sometimes the words I sing are just some half-ass song
      A*
I get lost and I get found
                Em                C*      Em
Oh, and I'll be good until I need another round

              C
'Cause I want whiskey when I'm sick
      E*
And a man when I'm well
         C
But it's nice to have them both sometimes
       E*
When I feel like raising hell

                 E
So don't try and save me
             D
I'll be just fine
                A                              E
Oh, I'm getting used to walking on a thin line
                  E
No, don't try and save me
             D
I'll be just fine
                A                              E
Oh, I'm getting used to walking on a thin line
                D               A              E
Oh, I'm getting used to walking on a thin line