The Fine Line
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THE FINE LINE
Montgomery Gentry
Sumbitted by: Mischief810
This song can be played in both standard tuning and double drop D tuning. It's
easy to play and sing. It's also fun to play with different interpretations of
the song.
All three verses are played using a strum of the D Major chord. When Eddie begins
singing "so I think I'll just set here..." return to the D Major pattern. Listen
to the recording to get the strum pattern right.
Tuning: EADGBe
Intro:
CGDFCD
Verse 1:
D
I told my mom goodbye when I was eighteen.
She told me bye for good at age sixty-three.
She was an angel right here on earth;
There was sure a fine line between heaven and her.
Verse 2:
D
I went and married the woman I loved.
Three years of me later she had enough.
Just one more angel I didn't deserve;
There was sure a fine line between heaven and her.
Chorus:
C G D
Feels like everything I love I lose.
F G D
God giveth and He takes away.
C G D
Prayin's the right thing to do,
F G A
But I don't feel like prayin' today...
D
So I think I'll just set here,
And drink for a spell...
Cause there's sure a fine line between heaven and hell.
(Play intro chords twice, with emphasis!)
Verse 3:
D
Now I'm headed nowhere ninety nine miles an hour.
In a '62 Dodge with three hundred horsepower.
If she holds together I might get the nerve...
(silence)
To cross that fine line between heaven and her.
Chorus:
C G D
Feels like everything I love I lose.
F G D
God giveth and He takes away.
C G D
Prayin's the right thing to do,
F G A
But I don't feel like prayin' today...
D
So maybe I'll just slow down and drink for a spell.
(silence)
'Cause there's sure a fine line between heaven and hell.
Outro:
Play intro chords once again, with emphasis!
This is how I play the song using only one acoustic guitar. It can also be played
using Double Drop D tuning: DADGBd, and play the D chord shown below. But you'll
have to revoice the G Major chord in the Chorus to make it sound right. Another
cool substitution is to arpeggiate an Asus2 at the end of the chorus.
D
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Asus2
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