{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2829136,"song":"Cairo Illinois","artist":"Pokey LaFarge","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11641760-cairo-illinois-chords-by-pokey-lafarge/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2829136?type=chord","rating":4.97963,"votes":6,"content":"E (2x) B (2x) E(4x)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf it's not where you're from[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut what you had where you happened to come from\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMore or less I'd say that I had none[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEatin' and drinkin' would be all that I do[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd if it's not what you do\r\n\r\nBut what you got, then I got less\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd out of loving or playing, I like loving the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow baby, take me with you when you go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTake me to the bridge where the rivers collide[/tab]\r\n\r\nDown in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch] (1x)   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI might jump in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nEveryone wants to hear a song[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat helps the day seem half as long\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I'm trying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI want you to see that I'm trying, babe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you've lost your ticket to paradise[/tab]\r\n\r\nOr you spent your money for the bus\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's cold coffee in the morning, slow trumpet at dusk[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow baby, catch that old midnight train[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n(single strums on noted intevals)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown by the levee[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhere you swear God's got you shamed\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nJust cast your doubts and the mistakes that you've made[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nInto that old wishing well, well well well well[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't the river look lonesome at twilight?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, there ain't no looking back[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt's just a broken fiddle and an old tote sack[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn the morning you'll be going south[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI want you to feel like I'm trying, babe, oh yes, I want you to know that I'm trying[/tab]","plain_text":"E (2x) B (2x) E(4x)\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\nBut what you had where you happened to come from\n\n\n\nAnd if it's not what you do\n\nBut what you got, then I got less\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nDown in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night\n\n\n\nThat helps the day seem half as long\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\nOr you spent your money for the bus\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n(single strums on noted intevals)\n\n\n\nWhere you swear God's got you shamed\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","B","B7","A","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}