STATE LINE BY COODER GRAW 
    WRITTEN BY MATT MARTINDALE 
 
   D5 G5   D5 G5   D5 G5   D5 C5  X2 
 
  D5 G5                           D5  
   OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE LAW 
   G5                                    D5  
   SHE GOT CAUGHT AND CHEWED OFF HER ARM 
   G5                             D5 
   SHE'S GOT A MAN TWICE HER SPEED 
   C5                           D5  
   TOO MUCH WATER ON A BAD SEED 
   G5                                  D5  
   HE MADE BAIL ON A TRUMPED UP CHARGE 
   G5                              D5  
   BUT THE COPS MADE LIFE TOO HARD 
   G5                                         D5  
   SO HE PAWNED SOME THINGS AND QUIET AS MOUSE 
   C5                                  
   BROKE HER OUT OF HER PARENTS HOUSE 
 
CHORUS: 
                              G5          D5                  C5 
   AND THEY CROSSED THE STATE LINE                   DOING 95 
                G5           D5                  C5 
   STAY IN THE IT'LL DO MOTEL   WANTED BY THE LAW CAUSE HE SKIPPED BAIL 
            G5                 D5          C5 
   AND HE TELLS HER ONE MORE LIE JUST BEFORE SHE STARTS TO CRY 
                G5          D5                     C5    
   AND IF HER DADDY FINDS OUT THAT BOY'S GONNA DIE E E                
 

         D5 G5   D5 G5   D5 G5   D5 C5   (1X)   
     ANGRY KID HOOKED NICOTENE 

     JUST LIKE HIS DAD IN JAIL AT 18 

     NOW HE'S 21 AND IN LOVE WITH A GIRL 

     JUST A KID NEVER SEEN THE WORLD 

     HEAD AWAY UP NORTH SOMEWHERE 

     AIN'T GOT NO MONEY BUT THEY DON'T CARE 

     THEY JUST ROB A PLACE AND GET SOME MONEY AND CLOTHES 

     AND GET SOME SPEED UP HER NOSE 
 
     CHORUS: 
 
      (MUSICAL BREAK....SAME AS THE CHORUS) 
 
 
     D5 G5  D5 G5  D5 G5 D5 C5  (1X) 
 
 
     RUN FAR ENOUGH TO CATCH YOURSELF  
     RUN OUT OF GAS YOU LIKE HELL 
     CAN'T OUT RUN A POLICE CAR 
     THEY LOCKED'EM UP AND PUT'EM BEHIND BARS 
     HER PARENTS CAME AND TOOK HER BACK HOME 
     HE'S UP NORTH AND NOT ALONE 
     COUNTY FOOD TASTES LIKE DIRT 
     HE HUNG HIMSELF WITH A COUNTY SHIRT 
 
 
     CHORUS X 2