I Walk the Line
                               by Johnny Cash


[Verse 1]
             
     I keep a 

             
close watch on

              
 this heart of

             
 mine.  I keep

     
 my eyes wide 

open 
              
     all the t

             
ime.  I keep t

            
he ends out fo

              
r the tie that

   
 binds.  Becau

se 
             
     you're mi

              
ne, I walk the

   
 line.


[Verse 2]
            
     I find it

             
 very very eas

            
y to be true. 

             
 I find myself

 alone when ea

ch 
              
     day's thr

            
ough.  Yes I'l

            
l admit that I

              
'm a fool for 

            
you.  Because 

 
you're
             
     mine, I w

         
alk the line.


[Verse 3]
            
     As sure a

             
s night is dar

              
k and day is l

            
ight.  I keep 

    
you on my mind

 both
              
     day and n

            
ight.  And hap

            
piness I've kn

              
own proves tha

        
t it's right. 

 
              
     Because y

            
ou're mine, I 

          
walk the line.


[Verse 4]
            
     You've go

             
t a way to kee

              
p me on your s

            
ide.  You give

      
 me cause for 

love
              
     that I ca

            
n't hide.  For

            
 you I know I'

              
d even try to 

             
turn the tide.
              
     Because y

             
ou're mine, I 

          
walk the line.


[Verse 5]
             
     I keep a 

             
close watch on

              
 this heart of

             
 mine.  I keep

     
 my eyes wide 

open 
              
     all the t

             
ime.  I keep t

            
he ends out fo

              
r the tie that

   
 binds.  Becau

se 
             
     you're mi

              
ne, I walk the

  
 line.