To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: John Prine's "Illegal Smile" Content-Type: X-sun-attachment ---------- X-Sun-Data-Type: text X-Sun-Data-Description: text X-Sun-Data-Name: text X-Sun-Content-Lines: 0 ---------- X-Sun-Data-Type: default X-Sun-Data-Description: default X-Sun-Data-Name: illegal_smile.crd X-Sun-Content-Lines: 70 Illegal Smile (John Prine) G D C G When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad C G D G seems like total silence is the only friend I have D C G C G a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won D C G C G and it was twelve o'clock before I realized that I was havin' no fun D G C D G but fortunately I have the key to escape reality step up to) C G and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile D G it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while (step up to) C G won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone D C G no I was just tryin' to have me some fun G D C G last time I checked my bankroll, well it was gettin' thin C G D G sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been D C G C G chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end D C G C G and all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen G D C G I sat down in my closet with all my overalls C G D G just tryin' to get away from all the years inside these walls D C G C G dreamed the police heard everything I thought... what then? D C G C G well I went to court and the judge's name was Hoffman ------------------------------- submitted by: cab120@cac.psu.edu Charles Andrew Boyer ------------------------------- if anyone knows of other such services as Nevada, please send me a note at the above address or boyer@gis.psu.edu