Illinois Chords by Anna Tivel

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] Underneath the heavy [Bb] sky the highways shine _
[A] A razor blade cutting down to [G] bone _ _
_ Nothing left to do [Bb] but hold the wheel and drive
[F] The dark of night, the dim light [Gm] on the road
_ [F] _
_ [Cm] All the way from Illinois
[F] A thousand miles of waiting for
[Bb] A gentle [D] touch, a kind believing [Gm] word _ _
_ [Cm] All the way from Illinois
[Eb] And not [D] one to be [G] heard
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [G] Tell me all the ways to [Bb] make a day go by
[F] In an airplane high above the [Gm] earth _
_ Or standing in the kitchen [Bb] in an awful fight
_ [F] _ [Dm] Brightly colored blood of ugly [Gm] words _
[F] _ [Cm] All the way from Illinois
[F] A box of [Bb] clothes, a can of oil
The [D] promise of a place [Gm] to settle down _
_ [Cm] All the way from Illinois
And [Eb] not one [D] to be [G] found
[Gm] _ [Eb] And nothing [F] hurts like [Bb] crying on a long [Eb] drive home
[Gm] Nothing's [F] worse than hiding [Bb] in the dark
[Eb] Alone [Gm] from the [Bb] beautiful light [Eb] of a dangerous love
_ [Gm] _ [C] _
[A] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A] _ [Gm] _
[D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
A shattered glass photograph of [Bb] a broken heart
A [F] crack along the windshield of [Gm] the world _ _
The shape of something running in [Bb] the untamed dark
[F] The howling out of [Bb] freedom [Gm] and of hurt _
[F] [Cm] All the way from Illinois
[F] The radio, the rain, the road
[Bb] The dream of [D] finding out just what [Gm] is love _
[Cm] All the way from Illinois
[Eb] It turns out [D] nothing [Gm] was _ _ _ _ _ _
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