Girl in Illinois
The Bandy Tract

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Intro: C  Am  G  F  C  x2


C
Gallops and gunshots
Am
Sounds that warn me that I got
   G              F             C
To end this robbery and hit the bricks
C
Bags of cash in my hand
Am
On the road once again
   G           F             C
At least till I need another fix
C
Now for me there's a bounty
Am
So I fled to Cook County
   G              F             C
I'll lay low and just keep to my own
C
But in a town called Barrington
Am
At a bar drinking my cares again
   G                  F               C
A girl walked in and shook me to the bone



F             C          G                Am
I've eluded lawmen from San Fran to Long Island
F                 C            G
Shot the few that I couldn't avoid
F          C                   G                   Am
Wanted in all states, thought this life would seal my fate
          F                  G           C
But I was brought down by a girl in Illinois



C
I kept my cool but barely
Am
Her eyes like two blueberries
   G              F             C
Her smile shined like the chrome of my gun
C
Could have been the whiskey 
Am
But one look had me tipsy
       G           F               C
And I felt myself falling for this one
C
I broke rule one of my code
Am
Commit only to the road
   G              F             C
But this girl was more than worth the risk
C
Before long she took me in
Am
And we wrote a happy ending
         G            F             C
To this outlaw life I could never resist



F             C          G                Am
I've eluded lawmen from San Fran to Long Island
F                 C            G
Shot the few that I couldn't avoid
F          C                   G                   Am
Wanted in all states, thought this life would seal my fate
          F                  G           C
But I was brought down by a girl in Illinois 



C
One morning I awoke in bed
Am
To a gun pointed at my head
    G         F               C
It seems I misread this situation
C
She said she planned it all along
Am
Needed the bounty to help her mom
   G           F             C
Who is sick and couldn't afford the medicine
C
Yeah that's sweet but now I sit
Am
In a prison but I must admit
   G              F             C
I think about that girl every minute
C
I dropped my guard, loves my excuse
Am
Tomorrow I will face the noose
    G                           G                            C7
And hopefully one last time the girl that put me in it (The girl that put me in)



F             C          G                Am
I've eluded lawmen from San Fran to Long Island
F                 C            G
Shot the few that I couldn't avoid
F          C                   G                   Am
Wanted in all states, thought this life would seal my fate
          F                  G           C
But I was brought down by a girl in Illinois
      F                  G           C
I was brought down by a girl in Illinois
      F                  G           Am
I was brought down by a girl in Illinois-oy-oy
      F                  G           C
I was brought down by a girl in Illinois