That same old dotted line chords by Hank Snow

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) It's a friendly lookin' freight train
that's a pullin' down the track
And once again another town
is a lookin' at my back
G 
And an (G major) other tender woman cries
D 
beggin' me to stay  (D major) 
A 
G 
 (A major) That's a game I'm never gonna play  (G major) 
D 
She  (D major) calls it love,
A 
D 
but it's that same  (A major) old dotted line  (D major) 
Ab 
Eb 
 (A flat major)  (E flat major) 

Verse 2
I know the role of a box car and the
smell of Georgia pine
The hunger of a prison cell when
a woman's on your mind
Ab 
And the  (A flat major) way this world can treat you
Eb 
cold as if you don't be (E flat major) long
Bb 
Ab 
Oh,  (B flat major) high and mighty'll tell you that you're  (A flat major) wrong,
wrong
Eb 
Just  (E flat major) because you do not sign that
Bb 
Eb 
 (B flat major) same old dotted line  (E flat major) 

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Verse 3
Ab 
Eb 
They say  (A flat major) someday I'll have to pay the bill  (E flat major) 
F 
But  (F major) if it's on a dotted line,
Bb 
I swear, I never will  (B flat major) 
Eb 
Now a  (E flat major) man can live on easy street
if he'll just close his eyes
Learn the art of movin' up
and study compromise
Ab 
Well,  (A flat major) half a truth is still a lie
Eb 
no matter how it's  (E flat major) told
Bb 
Bbm 
Ab 
But you  (B flat major) can be a member of  (B flat minor) the fold  (A flat major) 
Eb 
All  (E flat major) you gotta do is sign that
Bb 
 (B flat major) same old dotted line
Eb 
E 
 (E flat major)  (E major) 

Verse 4
Oh, the preachers, and the teachers,
and the mothers of this land
They'd like to bend and shape
you and help you be a man
A 
Mak (A major) in' plans and growin' roots
E 
and laying money back (E major) 
B 
A 
And you  (B major) may never live before you  (A major) die
E 
Once  (E major) they've got your name upon
B 
E 
that  (B major) same old dotted line  (E major) 
A 
They say  (A major) someday I'll have

Verse 5
E 
to pay the bill  (E major) 
F# 
But  (F sharp major) if  it's on a dotted line,
B 
I swear, I never will  (B major) 
E 
So wave  (E major) to me in passing and
if you think I'm wrong
Don't try to sell me anything,
I only need a song
A 
And  (A major) let me have the feel of life,
E 
the laughter, and the tears  (E major) 
B 
A 
And  (B major) when I die, I'll know that I was  (A major) here
E 
Just  (E major) don't think I'm gonna sign
B 
E 
that same  (B major) old dotted line  (E major) 
Just don't think I'm gonna
B 
E 
sign that  (B major) same old dotted line  (E major) 