Champaign, Illinois chords by Old 97's

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I got
a woman in Morocco.
I got a woman out in Spain.
The woman that's done stole my heart,
she lives up in Champaign, I say
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Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
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I certainly do enjoy
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Champaign, Illinois
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The first time that I went there,
they treated me so fine, man alive
I'm telling you, I thought
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The whole darn town would mind a beer
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in Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
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Yeah, I certainly do enjoy myself
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in Champaign, Illinois
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Well, I've been there on a Friday,
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and on a Saturday, too
Man alive, I'm telling you,
they know just what to do
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Up in Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
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Well, I certainly do enjoy
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Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
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Well, I've been a whole
lot of places
There's nothin' I ain't done,
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but when it comes to my women,
boy, I've got only one.
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And she's up in Champaign,
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Champaign, Illinois.
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Lord, I certainly do enjoy
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Champaign, Illinois.
Now let's go back to the campaign,
George
Oh, you know something, little guitar,
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next  time we go to campaign,
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I'm going to open the case
and take you out
That's right, I'm going to open it up
If you promise not to do
that holler again,
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do that again, will you? you