Written and Performed by Don Rich, lead guitarist for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.
From the album Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology
CAPO: Fret 1
INTRO: G G D G
CHORUS:
G D
I'll a lay it on the line, I'm a gonna make you mine
G
I think I better warn you, it's only just a matter of time.
C
You're as good as gone, or my name ain't Don, I'm gonna make you mine
G D7 G
I'm a tellin' you straight, I'm a layin' it on the line.
VERSE 1:
G D
Well the first time I looked into your big brown eyes you really gave me a thrill
G
You were pretty and sweet and everything neat, and dressed up fit to kill.
C
I knew right then, I had to win, your heart and I don't mean maybe
G D7 G
I'll lay it on the line, I gotta make you my baby
CHORUS:
G D
I'll a lay it on the line, I'm a gonna make you mine
G
I think I better warn you, it's only just a matter of time.
C
You're as good as gone, or my name ain't Don, I'm gonna make you mine
G D7 G
I'm a tellin' you straight, I'm a layin' it on the line.
GUITAR SOLO:
G G G G
VERSE 2:
G D
Well I'm just a home-grown country lad that ain't been much to school
G
But it don't take much, of school and such, to know that I want you
C
Yeah I can feel a need in me, without you dear I'm a hurtin'
G D7 G
I'll a lay it on the line, I gotta have you for certain
CHORUS:
G D
I'll a lay it on the line, I'm a gonna make you mine
G
I think I better warn you, it's only just a matter of time.
C
You're as good as gone, or my name ain't Don, I'm gonna make you mine
G D7 G
I'm a tellin' you straight, I'm a layin' it on the line.