Giant Of Illinois
Andrew BirdVersion1
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The giant of Illinois
Died from a blister on his toe
After walking all day through the first winter's snow
Throwing bits of stale bread
To the last speckled doves
He never even felt his shoe full of blood
Delirious with pain, his bedroom walls began to glow
And he felt himself soaring up through falling snow
And the sky was a woman's arms
The sky was a woman's arms
A boy with a club foot
Had sat next to him in school
Once upon a summer's day they went wandering through the woods
They spotted a sleeping swan
On the banks of a muddy stream
And they stormed it with rocks till it collapsed in the reeds
They lay out on a green lawn full of chocolate and lemonade
But underneath it all the giant was afraid
And the sky was a woman's arms
And the sky was a woman's arms
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Readable chord sheet for Giant Of Illinois by Andrew Bird
[C]The gia[G]nt of [Am]Illinois [F] Died from a [C]blister on his [G]toe After [C]walking all [G]day through the [E]first winter's [F]snow [C]Throwing [G]bits of stale [Am]bread [F] To the la[C]st speckled [G]doves He[C] never even [G]felt his [E]shoe full of [F]blood De[Am]lirious with pain, his bedroom w[Em]alls began to glow And he[G] felt himself soaring [Dm]up through falling snow And [F]the sky was a [G]woman's [Am]arms The [F]sky was a [G]woman's [C]arms A [C]boy with [G]a club [Am]foot [F] Had sat ne[C]xt to him in [G]school O[C]nce upon a [G]summer's day they went [E]wandering through the [F]woods They [C]spotted a [G]sleeping [Am]swan On the [F]banks[C] of a muddy [G]stream And they [C]stormed it with [G]rocks till it [E]collapsed in the [F]reeds They [Am]lay out on a green lawn full of [Em]chocolate and lemonade But [G]underneath it all the gi[Dm]ant was afraid And the [F]sky was a [G]woman's [Am]arms And the s[F]ky was a w[G]oman's a[C]rms