Illinois

Intro: C     Dm/C     F/C     C  (2x)


verse 1: 

C         Dm/C 
Dusty day dawning 
F/C         C 
Three hours late 
C        Dm/C 
Open the curtains 
    F/C          C 
And let the rest wait. 

C            Dm/C    
My mind goes running 
      F/C            C 
Three thousand miles east 
  C            Dm/C 
I may miss the harvest 
      F/C            C 
But I won't miss the feast. 



[Refrão]

       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        Illinois 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        Illinois 


verse 2: 

C         Dm/C 
South California 
     F/C        C 
Your sun is too cold 
    C              Dm/C 
It looks like your hills 
          F/C            C 
Have been raped of their gold. 
C             Dm/C 
I should have come out 
     F/C         C 
When I was first told 
C             Dm/C 
This lamb has got to 
  F/C         C 
Return to the fold. 



[Refrão]


       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        Illinois 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        I'm your boy. 


Solo: 

C   Dm/C    F/C     C 
C   Dm/C    F/C     C 


verse 3: 

C           Dm/C 
Flat on the prairies 
F/C         C 
Soil and stone 
C             Dm/C 
Stretching forever 
F/C       C 
Taking me home 
       C          Dm/C 
'Cause I've got a woman 
    F/C          C 
Who waits for me there 
    C        Dm/C 
And I need a breath of that 
F/C           C 
Sweet country air. 



[Refrão]

       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
       G                               F 
And it looks like you're gonna have to see me again 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        Illinois 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        Illinois 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        Illinois 
     C   Fm/C    Dm/C     C 
Illinois,        I'm your boy