The Giant of Illinois
The Giant of Illinois

The Giant of Illinois easy guitar chords by Andrew Bird

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  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • Em

  • F#

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • Em

  • F#

    2

  • F#m

    2
    • Intro 1











    Verse 1
    The 
    giant 
    of 
    Illinois 

    Died 
    from a 
    blister 
    on 
    his toe 

    After 
    walking 
    all day 
    through the 

    first 
    winter 
    snow 

    Verse 2

    Throwing 
    bit
    s of 
    stale 
    bread 

    To the 
    last 
    speckled 
    doves 

    He 
    never 
    even 
    felt 
    his shoes 

    filled 
    with blood 

    Verse 3

    De
    lirious 
    with 
    pain, 

    his 
    bedroom 
    walls 
    began 
    to glow 

    And he 
    felt 
    himself 
    soaring 
    up 
    through 

    falling 
    snow 

    And the sky 
    was 

    a 
    wo
    man's 
    arm
    s 


    Verse 4
    A 
    boy 
    with 
    a 
    club 
    foot 

    Had sat 
    nex
    t 
    to him 
    in school 

    Once 
    upon 
    a sum
    mer's 
    day 

    They went 
    wandering 
    through 

    the woods 

    Verse 5

    They spotted 
    a sleeping 
    swan 

    On the 
    bank
    s 
    of 
    a muddy 

    stream 

    And they stormed 
    it 
    with rock
    s 

    Till 
    it 
    col
    lapsed 
    in 
    the reeds 

    Verse 6

    They 
    lay out 
    on 
    the grass 

    Full 
    of chocol
    ate 
    and lem
    onade 

    But 
    underneath 
    it all 
    the gi
    ant 
    was 
    afraid 

    The 
    sky 
    was 
    a wo

    man's 
    arms 

    Outro 1

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