Johnsburg Illinois

Thanks for a beautiful song Mr Waits.  He once said that it was about a guy chatting someone up in line at the grocery store.   p.s. guitar chords and my version for ukulele are at the end of the page (I copied the guitar chords from the "Big Time" songbook Jalma Music 1988) p.p.s. for beginners myself included ignore the chord mentioned after the backslash it means which version of the chord to use (play whats comfortable for you) and enjoy y’all! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Waits - Johnsburg Illinois from Swordfishtrombones 1983 (Intro) slowly Dadd9 She’s my only   true    love    she’s all that I think of Look here in my wallet - that’s her             She grew up on a farm there...  there’s a place on my arm where I’ve Written her     name next to    mine                         ...you See     I       just       can’t live           without her And I’m         her only        boy                          ...and She    grew     up              outside         McHenry ...in Johnsburg       Il-     li-     nois               (Outro) Dadd9                         -9           -9        -->  Dbass ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (not positive but I think -9 = B7b9 -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 ... then finish with a nice clean higher D                 Danilo from NDG (fledgeling ukulele balladeer)