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Johnsburg Illinois by Tom Waits
Johnsburg Illinois
She's my only true love
G (320033) Cdim? (xx4343)
She's all that I think of
Am (x02210) Bbdim? (xx2121)
Look here, in my wallet - that's her
Bbdim Em (022000) C (x32010) D (xx0232)
She grew up on a farm there...
there's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine
(same chords)
You see I just can't live without her
D7 (xx0212) G C
And I'm her only boy
G D/F# (2xx232) Em
She grew up outside McHenry...
D7 G C
In Johnsburg, Illinois.
G D Cdim?
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version 2
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
C#7 x-4-3-4-2-x
A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-x
A7 x-0-2-0-2-x
A7sus2 x-0-2-0-0-x
E7/G# 4-x-0-1-0-0
A7/G 3-x-2-0-2-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-0-x
G 3-x-0-0-0-x
D/A x-0-0-2-3-x
Bdim x-1-2-3-2-x
INTRO
D (freely)
VERSE
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
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/G# A7/G
You see I just
D/F# Gadd9 G
Can't live without her
D/A Bbdim Bm D7
And I'm her only boy
E7/G# A7/G D/F# Gadd9 G
And she grew up outside McHen - ry
D/A A7 [E7]
In Johnsburg, Illinois
OUTRO
| E7 A7 | D G | D/A A7 | D
(the bass plays the note "a" throughout the outro
and the piano uses a lot of weird notes in the chords)
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version 3
C#m = X46664, Dmaj = X57775, Fm = 244222, Em7 = 022030
D B7 Em C#m
She's my only true love, She's all that I think of
Dmaj B7 Em A7
Look here in my wallet, That's her
D B7 Em C#m
She grew up on a farm, There's a place on my arm
Dmaj B7 Em A7
Where I've written her name, Next to mine
E7 Em7 D G Dmaj Fm Bm D7
You see I just can't live without her, And I'm her only boy
E7 Em7 D G Dmaj A7 D
She grew up outside McHenry, In Johnsburg Illinois
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version 4
(Intro)
slowly, Dadd9
D B7-9 B7 Em7 C#7
She's my only true love she's all that I think of
F#m B7 Em7 A7
Look here, in my wallet - that's her
D B7-9 B7 Em7 C#7/E#
She grew up on a farm there... there's a place on my arm where I've
F#m B7 Em A7sus4 A7
Written her name next to mine ...you
E7/G# Em6/G D/F# Em/G
See I just can't live without her
D/A A#dim7 Bm D7
And I'm her only boy ...and
E7/G# Em6/G D/F# Em/G
She grew up outside McHenry ...in
D/A A7 D/A G/A
Johnsburg Il- li- nois
(Outro)
Dadd9 Gm A13-9 A7-9 --> Dbass
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(not positive, but i think B7-9 = B7b9, A13-9 = A13b9, etc...)
GUITAR UKE
eadgbe gcea
Dadd9 X04230 2425
D XX0232 2225
B7-9 X2121X 4353
B7 X2120X 2322
Em7 022030 0202
C#7 X4342X 1112
F#m XX4222 2120
A7 X02020 0100
C#7/E# 003424 same
Em 022000 4432
A7sus4 X02030 0230
E7/G# 4X243X 1202
Em6/G 3X242X 0404
D/F# 2X023X same
Em/G 3X200X same
D/A X0423X 2220
A#dim7 X1202X 0101
Bm X2443X 4222
D7 X5453X 2223
G/A X05433 0232
Gm/A X05333 0231
A13-9 X05322 2120 (dunno, i play F#m here)
A7-9 X02323 2131 (or A7 0100, 0434)
Dbass X5XXXX X2XX (or 7655)
... on the uke i do not use the A13-9 and A7-9
... my outro is Dadd9, Gm, F#m, low A7, then up to higher A7,
... then finish with a nice clean higher D
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