I'm Layin It On The Line - 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.