Chords:
{t: Illegal Smile }
{key: C}
{artist:John Prine}
John Prine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASr3d1ZCjSg
(a bit simplified)
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[C] When I woke up this [G] morning, [F] things were lookin' [C] bad
[F] Seem like total [C] silence was the [G] only friend I [C] had
[G] Bowl of oatmeal [F] tried to stare me [C] down [F] and [C] won
And it was [G] twelve o'clock before I [F] realized
That I was [C] havin' [F] no [C] fun
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But [G] fortunately I [C] have the key to es[F]cape re[G]ali[C]ty
And you may [F] see me tonight with an [C] illegal smile
It don't [G] cost very much, but it [C] lasts a long while
Won't you [F] please tell the man I didn't [C] kill anyone
No I'm [G] just tryin' to [F] have me some [C] fun
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Last [C] time I checked my [G] bankroll,
[F] It was gettin' [C] thin
Some[F]times it seems like the [C] bottom
Is the [G] only place I've [C] been
I [G] chased a rainbow [F] down a one-way [C] street - [F] dead [C] end
And [G] all my friends turned [F] out to be in[C]surance [F] sales[C]men
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But [G] fortunately I [C] have the key to es[F]cape re[G]ali[C]ty
And you may [F] see me tonight with an [C] illegal smile
It don't [G] cost very much, but it [C] lasts a long while
Won't you [F] please tell the man I didn't [C] kill anyone
No I'm [G] just tryin' to [F] have me some [C] fun
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Well, I [C] sat down in my [G] closet with [F] all my over[C]alls
[F] Tryin' to get a[C]way
From all the [G] ears inside my [C] walls
I [G] dreamed the police [F] heard
Everything I [C] thought [F] what [C] then?
Well I [G] went to court
And the [F] judge's name [C] was [F] Hoff[C] man
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But [G] fortunately I [C] have the key to es[F]cape re[G]ali[C]ty
And you may [F] see me tonight with an [C] illegal smile
It don't [G] cost very much, but it [C] lasts a long while
Won't you [F] please tell the man I didn't [C] kill anyone
No I'm [G] just tryin' to [F] have me some [C] fun
Well done, son of a gun, hot dog bun, Attila the Hun, my sister's a nun [F] [C]
