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The Illegal Line chords by
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
D
D

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Em
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D

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Well I must've

walked for fourteen days

All that I could carry and I made my way

To the new holy land not

a grand parade
C
C

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Snuck across the border to the USA
D
D

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Didn't take to long for me

to find some work

Just stood there waiting round

in the Texas dirt

And now I lay concrete
C
C

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the way I did back home
D
D

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From 6am until the light is gone
Em
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Then it's back to the hotel split a case of
Verse 2
D
D

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beer
C
C

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One for every person that's
F
F

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Dm
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living here
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C
C

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F
F

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C

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Four dollars an hour but nobody moans
D
D

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Em
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Cause it's three fifty more than we
F
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D

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can get back home
Em
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Then I send the money back down
F
F

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D
D

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to my sweet wife
C
C

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So she can tell my children about a
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D

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better life
Em
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Papa's trying hard just
F
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to make it fine
D
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D

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Fifty miles north of that Il legal line
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D

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Verse 3

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Late one night they came in thru the door

With guns and lights screaming

get on the floor

They cuffed us up tight and hauled
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D

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us all away
C
C

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Couldn't hardly understand a single
D
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word they say

Early next morning judge drug us in
Em
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And stared us all down just
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like guilty men
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He said any of you boys got a thing to say
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Em
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I asked him what would he do if
F
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D

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he were in my place
Em
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He said there's rules boy and this
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D

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just ain't the way
C
C

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I said sometimes a starving family
F
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D

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just can't wait
Em
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But he slammed down his gavel now
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C
C

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I'm doing time
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D

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Fifty miles north of that Illegal line
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Em

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • G

  • E

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Illegal Line by Will Hoge is E major.

The primary chords used in The Illegal Line are E, F#m, G, D, Em, A.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, F#m, G, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Illegal Line is approximately 40 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of The Illegal Line using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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