Johnsburg Illinois

Written by: Tom Waits
From: "Swordfishtrombones" (1982)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

CHORDS
          g-C-E-A
D         2-2-2-0
B7        2-3-2-2
Em        0-4-0-2
C#7       1-1-1-3
A7sus4    0-1-0-5 (Verse 1)
A7        0-1-0-4 (Verse 1)
Asus2     0-1-0-2 (Verse 1)
A7sus4    0-2-0-0 (Verse 2)
A7        0-1-0-0 (Verse 2, Chorus)
E7        1-2-0-2
Gadd9     2-2-3-2
Bbdim     0-1-0-1
Bm        4-2-2-2
D7        2-0-2-0

[Intro] (freely)
D

Verse 1

D              B7
 She's my only true love
Em                C#7
 She's all that I think of
     F#m        B7
Look here in my wallet
       Em   A7sus4 A7 A7sus2 A7
That's her

Verse 2

D                 B7
 She grew up on a farm there
Em                     C#7
 There's a place on my arm
           F#m         B7
Where I've written her name
        Em       A7sus4 A7
Next to mine

Chorus

    E7    A7
You see I just
      D        Gadd9 G
Can't live without   her
    D       Bbdim Bm  D7
And I'm her only  boy
    E7       A7    D      Gadd9 G
And she grew up outside McHen - ry
   D         A7 [ E7 ]
In Johnsburg, Illinois

Coda

| E7 A7 | D G | D   A7 | D