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Sammy Came From Illinois easy guitar chords by 
Timberline
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Verse 1
G
Sammy came from Illinois,
with the heart of a lion and the
C
mind of a boy.
Forsaken and aged by the
seeds that he'd sown,
Cm
no family and no place of home.
G
Em
G
Am
Came to the city so cold and alone
D
Dsus4
D
A stranger, beggar, gone
G
Born to a family where
children were raised
Work in the fields for no
money or praise
C
Savages washed as the
years passed him by
Cm
Left him no kin, no kids, and no wife
G
D
Em
The train to L .A. was so
fast and so kind
Am
D
And he left all his memories behind
Dsus4
D
C
D
Oh, and the children that lived
G
D
G
in the streets to view him
C
D
G
And loved him and made him at home
C
D
And the love that he lacked
G
D
Em
in the years that passed
A
D
Were found in the arms of the young
G
Well, the love of the children
returned in his years
The days grew much warmer,
so sweet and so clear
C
Soon in the streets he
grew too well known
Cm
Eb
Cm
Arrested for vagrant, put in a hole
G
D
Em
He realized he was left all alone
Am
D
An d he died that night from the cold
C
D
Oh, but the children that day
G
In the streets took him in
C
D
G
And loved him and made him at home
C
D
And the love that he lacked
G
D
Em
in the years that had passed
A
D
Were found in the arms of the young
G
Santa came from Illinois
With the heart of a lion and
the mind of a boy
C
The children all wept
when they heard of his death
Cm
And no one could ease all
G
the pain that they felt
D
Em
The only friend that they'd
Am
Dsus4
D
ever known
C
D
Ah, but the children that lived
G
D
G
In the streets took him in
C
D
G
And loved him and paid him at home
C
D
And the love that he lacked
G
D
Em
in the years that passed
A
D
Were found in the arms of the young
C
D
Oh, and the children that lived
G
in the streets together
C
D
G
And loved him and made him at home
C
D
And the love that it lacked
G
D
Em
And the years that it passed
A
D
Were found in the arms of the young
Am
D
G
Were found in the arms of the young
C
D
Oh, and the children that lived
G
in the streets drove him in
C
D
G
And loved him and made him at home
C
D
And the love that he lacked
G
D
Em
in the years that had passed
A
D
We're bound in the arms of the Lord
Outro 1
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