Chords for Hozier - Illinois Blues (Skip James Cover)
Tempo:
123.45 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
E
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[B] [Em]
Go to Bankland, tell all my boys, go to Bankland, tell all my boys, [Bm] I'll try [B] my hand in [Em] Illinois,
Illinois, Illinois, I'll try [B] my hand in [Em] Illinois.
Get my cotton, go and sell my seed, [E] get [A] my cotton [Em] and sell my seed, buy my [B] baby everything
she [Em] needs, everything she needs, everything she needs, buy my [B] baby everything [Em] she needs,
buy [B] my baby everything she [Em] needs, if you get there before I do, [E] if you get [Em] there before
I do, tell [B] my boys I'm coming [Em] through, coming through, coming through, tell [B] my boys I'm
[Em] coming through, fix my pocket so my chain don't lose, [E] fix my [Em] pocket so my chain won't
lose, buy [B] my baby a broken [Em] shoe, broken shoe, broken shoe, buy my [B] baby a [Em] broken shoe,
[B] [Em]
[E]
[Em] buy
[B] my baby a broken [Em] shoe, you go to Bankland, tell all my boys, you go to Bankland, tell
all my boys, the time I'm [B] having in [Em] Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, the [E] time [B] I'm having in [Em] Illinois.
[B] [Em]
[Bm] [E]
[B] [Em]
Go to Bankland, tell all my boys, go to Bankland, tell all my boys, [Bm] I'll try [B] my hand in [Em] Illinois,
Illinois, Illinois, I'll try [B] my hand in [Em] Illinois.
Get my cotton, go and sell my seed, [E] get [A] my cotton [Em] and sell my seed, buy my [B] baby everything
she [Em] needs, everything she needs, everything she needs, buy my [B] baby everything [Em] she needs,
buy [B] my baby everything she [Em] needs, if you get there before I do, [E] if you get [Em] there before
I do, tell [B] my boys I'm coming [Em] through, coming through, coming through, tell [B] my boys I'm
[Em] coming through, fix my pocket so my chain don't lose, [E] fix my [Em] pocket so my chain won't
lose, buy [B] my baby a broken [Em] shoe, broken shoe, broken shoe, buy my [B] baby a [Em] broken shoe,
[B] [Em]
[E]
[Em] buy
[B] my baby a broken [Em] shoe, you go to Bankland, tell all my boys, you go to Bankland, tell
all my boys, the time I'm [B] having in [Em] Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, the [E] time [B] I'm having in [Em] Illinois.
[B] [Em]
[Bm] [E]
Key:
Em
B
E
Bm
A
Em
B
E
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ Go to Bankland, tell all my boys, go to Bankland, tell all my boys, _ [Bm] I'll try [B] my _ hand in [Em] Illinois, _ _ _
Illinois, _ _ _ _ Illinois, I'll try [B] my _ hand in [Em] Illinois.
_ _ Get my cotton, go and sell my seed, _ [E] get [A] my cotton [Em] and sell my seed, _ buy my [B] baby _ everything
she [Em] needs, _ everything she needs, everything she _ needs, buy my [B] baby _ everything [Em] she needs, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ buy [B] my baby everything she [Em] needs, _ if you get there _ before I do, [E] if you get [Em] there before
I do, _ tell [B] my boys I'm coming [Em] through, _ _ coming through, _ _ coming through, tell [B] my boys _ I'm
[Em] coming through, fix my pocket so my chain don't lose, _ [E] fix my [Em] pocket so my chain won't
lose, _ buy [B] my baby _ a broken [Em] shoe, _ _ broken shoe, _ _ broken shoe, _ buy my [B] baby a [Em] broken shoe, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ buy
[B] my baby a broken [Em] shoe, _ you go to Bankland, tell all my boys, _ you go to Bankland, tell
all my boys, the time I'm [B] having in [Em] Illinois, _ _ _ _ Illinois, _ _ _ Illinois, the [E] time [B] I'm having in [Em] Illinois. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ Go to Bankland, tell all my boys, go to Bankland, tell all my boys, _ [Bm] I'll try [B] my _ hand in [Em] Illinois, _ _ _
Illinois, _ _ _ _ Illinois, I'll try [B] my _ hand in [Em] Illinois.
_ _ Get my cotton, go and sell my seed, _ [E] get [A] my cotton [Em] and sell my seed, _ buy my [B] baby _ everything
she [Em] needs, _ everything she needs, everything she _ needs, buy my [B] baby _ everything [Em] she needs, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ buy [B] my baby everything she [Em] needs, _ if you get there _ before I do, [E] if you get [Em] there before
I do, _ tell [B] my boys I'm coming [Em] through, _ _ coming through, _ _ coming through, tell [B] my boys _ I'm
[Em] coming through, fix my pocket so my chain don't lose, _ [E] fix my [Em] pocket so my chain won't
lose, _ buy [B] my baby _ a broken [Em] shoe, _ _ broken shoe, _ _ broken shoe, _ buy my [B] baby a [Em] broken shoe, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ buy
[B] my baby a broken [Em] shoe, _ you go to Bankland, tell all my boys, _ you go to Bankland, tell
all my boys, the time I'm [B] having in [Em] Illinois, _ _ _ _ Illinois, _ _ _ Illinois, the [E] time [B] I'm having in [Em] Illinois. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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