Brooks & Dunn – Born And Raised In Black And White (Guitar)

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[Intro] E A E A E A E A
    E
The wind blows hard across the Texas plains,
Makes some people go insane.
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While others quietly pray for rain,

A            E       B
That's where we came from.

E     
Two boys playing in the burning sun,
One with books and one with guns.
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Mama calls but just one comes,

    A              E
The other one runs.

       C#m       A        B         E
With a Christian sense of wrong and right,

        A        E         B         E
We were born and raised in black and white.

    C#m        A         B        E
One learned to pray, one loved to fight,

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We were born and raised in black and white.

   E      
My brother took to the gospel road,
Spent his whole life saving souls.
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Well he looked at me and his blood ran cold,

   A               B
He didn't even try.

  E 
I had no dreams and I had no plans,
But a gun felt good in my right hand.
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Warden said 'How come you killed that man?'

          A               E
I said 'I don't know why'.

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Welcome home said the hot moonlight,

        A        E         B         E
We were born and raised in black and white.

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One lives to pray, one waits to die,

        A        E         B         E
We were born and raised in black and white.

        A        E         B         E
We were born and raised in black and white.
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E
Someone handed me a cigarette,
They offered me my last request.
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I asked my mortal soul be blessed,

   A       E        B
By someone close to me.

  E
I came to him with trembling hands,
I swore I'd never understand.
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He said its just what life had planned,

     A       E 
It's destiny.

         C#m        A        B    E
So don't waste your tears on me tonight,

        A        E         B         E
We were born and raised in black and white.

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You chose the dark, I chase the light,

        A        E         B         E
We were born and raised in black and white.

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We were born and raised in black and white.

    E
The wind blows hard across the Texas plains,
Makes some people go insane.
      C#m            A        E    A  E  A  E  A  E  A  E  A  E  (to fade)
While others quietly pray for rain...