Chords for John Prine - Illegal Smile

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_ _ I'm going [Eb] down a rather merry route in the middle of the past
[Bb] _ Well I feel [F] a little _ forlorn, _ you may have [Bb] been through the mean
_ _ I think [Eb] my baby's stuck on the road, I'm gonna shoot her [Bb] before it's that time
_ I'm trying to get [F] her back on the track, I'm gonna carry her sail [Bb] on _ _
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_ _ _ I'm finding [Eb] a home with old Matthew, time to release [Bb] last Tuesday
_ _ Well it wouldn't be [F] a blues day, _ [Cm] but we'll [Bb] get through the state
_ I [Eb] buy a five-year-old son of a bitch a mama, [Bb] you better get a little sleep
Take [F] her and ride on the merry sail
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_ _ _ our [Eb] love is gonna last, if it goes a mile, if it [Bb] goes a long way
_ There's a hundred million [F] wrong ways, _ _ I've tried to [Bb] pass the long way
_ _ But [Eb] if you take my hand, I'll be a man [Bb] who will _ ride by
_ _ Now and [F] now, I'm gonna release the merry sail
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_ Now _ and [F] now, I'm gonna release the merry _ [Bb] _ sail
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ Go, go!
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_ _ _ When I woke up this morning, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] she [D] _ ran into a little silence
_ [Dbm] She was red-eyed, [A] _ _ _ _ [E] over the [Gbm] road we were, traffic was scaring [E] her down
_ _ [A] _ _ It was [E] twelve o'clock, [D] before we realized that I was [A]
having a [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ baby
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Bring [A] out the feet, [D] thank you baby
See me here tonight, will [A] you give me a smile
[Gb] It don't cost [D] [E] that much, but [A] it'll last me a long [Gbm] while
Won't you [D] please tell the man, I [A] didn't kill _ anyone
[E] I know I'm just trying [A] to have me some fun _ _ _ _
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The [Dbm] last time I checked the bankroll, _ _ [Bm] it was [A] getting thin _
_ Sometimes it gets like a bottle, [Dbm] it's the only [Bm] place [A] I've been
I [E] _ chased the rainbow _
[Gbm] down a one-way street, [A] _ it hit me
[Ab] And all my friends [Ebm] turned [D] out to be insurance _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] And _ _
[N] I'm afraid, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] I have to keep this fake [Dbm] _
_ [A] reality _ _ _ _
[D] See me here tonight, [Gbm] will you give me [Dbm] a smile
It [D] don't cost that [E] much, but [A] it'll last me a long while
[Db] Won't [D] you please tell the man, I [A] didn't kill _ anyone
I know I'm [E] just trying [D] to have [Dbm] me some fun
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_ _ We all sat [E] down in the classroom, _ _ [A] we all moved _ across
_ _ Trying to get [B] away [Dbm] from our four years [Db]
inside [A] the walls
_ [E] I dreamed the police [Gbm] heard everything [A] I thought, _ what we knew
[Dbm] But we all went [F] to court, and [Gbm] the judge's name _ was
[Ab] _ Sir [N] David Hitcher _ _
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