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Cairo Il

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Based on album version.
Artist: The Brother Brothers
Song: Cairo, IL
Standard tuning, capo 3
[INTRO]
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
[VERSE 1]
CWell a town's a town when you're Gupside down,
FLay your bones on a Ambed, itAm7/G's that easyF  
GTo have a kind of ChomeG  
CWhere the money goes I kGnow too well
FSpreads out like the jAmobs I've Am7/Gworked so maFny
Hard dCays don't seem to Gend
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Well I'm wAmasting Emtime, Fwasting Ctime
And I Fonly know one Cway to go to Gstart again
[CHORUS]
Let it Croll, let it Groll
Down the Ambanks of the EmOhio
When you Fcan't rely on Cwhat you make
To pFay the rent on Gtime
So I'm Cgoin' aGway,
Down Amto the Fort EmDefy-o
Oh Fway down there in CCairo, GIL
I'm gonna Cstay
[FIDDLE BREAK]
(C)  G   F   Am   Am7/G   F   C  G  
[VERSE 2]
Now wChat do you say when the Gbottom falls out,
FTry to make aAmmends witAm7/Gh anybFody 
That eGver caused you CpainG  
It's no Cfault of mine that it should Gend this way
FAnd I wont' apoloAmgize to Am7/GanybodFy 
For a tChing that I can't cGhange
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
See I'm used to Ambein' aloEmne, used to Fbein' aClone,
See it's the Fonly way that CI know how to Gget to where I'm goin',
[CHORUS]
Let it Croll, let it Groll
Down the Ambanks of the EmOhio
When you Fcan't rely on Cwhat you make
To pFay the rent on Gtime
So I'm Cgoin' aGway,
Down Amto the Fort EmDefy-o
Oh Fway down there in CCairo, GIL
I'm gonna Cstay
[FIDDLE BREAK]
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
[PRE-CHORUS 3]
Woah CAmairEmo, you Fbuild your levies Ctall,
I want to sFit beside the wCater
And Gforget about it all.
[CHORUS]
Let it Croll, let it Groll
Down the Ambanks of the EmOhio
When you Fcan't rely on Cwhat you make
To pFay the rent on Gtime
So I'm Cgoin' aGway,
Down Amto the Fort EmDefy-o
Oh Fway down there in CCairo, GIL
I'm gonna Fstay
[FIDDLE OUTRO]
(F)  C   G   F   Am   Am7/G   F   G  C  

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Cairo Il

by The Brother Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7/G

Based on album version.

Artist: The Brother Brothers

Song: Cairo, IL

Standard tuning, capo 3

[INTRO]

C G F Am Am7/G F C G

[VERSE 1]

C G

Well a town's a town when you're upside down,

F Am Am7/G F

Lay your bones on a bed, it's that easy

G C G

To have a kind of home

C G

Where the money goes I know too well

F Am Am7/G F

Spreads out like the jobs I've worked so many

C G

Hard days don't seem to end

[PRE-CHORUS 1]

Am Em F C

Well I'm wasting time, wasting time

F C G

And I only know one way to go to start again

[CHORUS]

C G

Let it roll, let it roll

Am Em

Down the banks of the Ohio

F C

When you can't rely on what you make

F G

To pay the rent on time

C G

So I'm goin' away,

Am Em

Down to the Fort Defy-o

F C G

Oh way down there in Cairo, IL

I'm gonna stay

[FIDDLE BREAK]

C G F Am Am7/G F C G

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[VERSE 2]

C G

Now what do you say when the bottom falls out,

F Am Am7/G F

Try to make amends with anybody

G C G

That ever caused you pain

C G

It's no fault of mine that it should end this way

F Am Am7/G F

And I wont' apologize to anybody

C G

For a thing that I can't change

[PRE-CHORUS 2]

Am Em F C

See I'm used to bein' alone, used to bein' alone,

F C G

See it's the only way that I know how to get to where I'm goin',

[CHORUS]

C G

Let it roll, let it roll

Am Em

Down the banks of the Ohio

F C

When you can't rely on what you make

F G

To pay the rent on time

C G

So I'm goin' away,

Am Em

Down to the Fort Defy-o

F C G

Oh way down there in Cairo, IL

I'm gonna stay

[FIDDLE BREAK]

C G F Am Am7/G F C G

[PRE-CHORUS 3]

Am Em F C

Woah Cairo, you build your levies tall,

F C

I want to sit beside the water

And forget about it all.

[CHORUS]

C G

Let it roll, let it roll

Am Em

Down the banks of the Ohio

F C

When you can't rely on what you make

F G

To pay the rent on time

C G

So I'm goin' away,

Am Em

Down to the Fort Defy-o

F C G

Oh way down there in Cairo, IL

I'm gonna stay

[FIDDLE OUTRO]

F C G F Am Am7/G F G C

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