| Native Key: G |
| G | D | |
| There's a curve in the highway just south of town |
| Em | C | |
| where a man is | pulled over to figure life out |
| G | D | C | |
| with only | his conscience and the lonesome sound of d | iesels whining upgrade |
| G | D | |
| he's got a wife a | nd two kids and they love him so |
| Em | C | |
| and a woman | down in Georgia who's starting to show |
| G | D | C | |
| he's damn | ed if he leaves and he's sure damned if he d | on't and he wonders how life got this way |
| C | D | G | C | D | |
| cause it's a | fine | line | in between | right and | wrong |
| G | C | D | |
| he's been | crossing over that | border way too | long |
| Em | D | G | |
| he should have | seen it coming at him | right from the | start |
| C | D | G | |
| now there | ain't no escape from a | broken | heart |
| C | D | G | |
| G | D | |
| now the | call of the highway is a | powerful thing |
| Em | C | |
| like the | pull of a lover or a | child in a swing |
| G | D | |
| gave his | heart to two women, only | one wears his ring |
| C | |
| they're | both gonna have his babies now |
| G | D | |
| so | how do you confess what | words won't explain |
| Em | C | |
| he | never intended to | cause this much pain |
| G | D | |
| now he | feels like a farmer who's been | praying for rain |
| C | |
| and got | more than he bargained from the clouds |
| C | D | G | C | D | |
| and it's a | fine | line | in between | right and | wrong |
| G | C | D | |
| he's been c | rossing over that | border way too | long |
| Em | D | G | |
| he should have | seen it coming at him | right from the | start |
| C | D | G | |
| now there a | in't no escape from a | broken | heart |
| Bm | C | |
| he'll turn his car around tonight, go | home and try to face the truth |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | |
| every one | involved's getting hurt and there | ain't nothing he can do |
| G | C | D | G | C | D | |
| Em | D | G | |
| he should have | seen it coming at him | right from the | start |
| C | |
| now there | ain't no escape (now there ain't no escape) |
| C | D | G | C | D | |
| from that | fine | line | in between | right and | wrong |
| G | C | D | |
| he's been | crossing over that | border way too | long |
| Em | D | G | G | |
| he should have | seen it coming at him | right from the | start |
| C | D | G | |
| now there ain't no | escape from a | broken | heart |
| C | D | G | |