I'm Layin It On The Line chords by Don Rich

Written and Performed by Don Rich, lead guitarist for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.
From the album Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology

CAPO: Fret 1


INTRO: G G D G


CHORUS:

        G                                        D
I'll a lay it on the line, I'm a gonna make you mine
                                                      G
I think I better warn you, it's only just a matter of time.
                                                        C
You're as good as gone, or my name ain't Don, I'm gonna make you mine
        G                          D7                 G
I'm a tellin' you straight, I'm a layin' it on the line.

VERSE 1:

           G                                                D
Well the first time I looked into your big brown eyes you really gave me a thrill
                                                     G
You were pretty and sweet and everything neat, and dressed up fit to kill.
                                       C
I knew right then, I had to win, your heart and I don't mean maybe
     G                     D7                 G
I'll lay it on the line, I gotta make you my baby


CHORUS:

        G                                        D
I'll a lay it on the line, I'm a gonna make you mine
                                                      G
I think I better warn you, it's only just a matter of time.
                                                        C
You're as good as gone, or my name ain't Don, I'm gonna make you mine
        G                          D7                 G
I'm a tellin' you straight, I'm a layin' it on the line.


GUITAR SOLO:

G G G G


VERSE 2:
      G                                       D
Well I'm just a home-grown country lad that ain't been much to school
                                                 G
But it don't take much, of school and such, to know that I want you
                                  C
Yeah I can feel a need in me, without you dear I'm a hurtin'
        G                     D7                  G
I'll a lay it on the line, I gotta have you for certain


CHORUS:

        G                                        D
I'll a lay it on the line, I'm a gonna make you mine
                                                      G
I think I better warn you, it's only just a matter of time.
                                                        C
You're as good as gone, or my name ain't Don, I'm gonna make you mine
        G                          D7                 G
I'm a tellin' you straight, I'm a layin' it on the line.