Champaign Illinois
Old 97'sVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
The bottom line's been snorted
The bottom card's been dealt
No one knows like you know right now
How truly bad it felt
All your life you wasted, oh
Dreamin' about the day
When worker bees kill off their queen
And carry all her eggs away
Oh, and if you die fearing God
And painfully employed
No, you will not go to heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
Up north is Chicago
Where booze makes no one blush
Memory comes back to you
In a double bourbon rush
The memories aren't all bad
And neither, my friend, are you
There is an argument that there must be some heaven meant
For hearts that are half true
And if you spend your whole life
Rollin' horses into Troy
No, you will not go to heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
No, you will not go to heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
Roll on blacktop highway
Circles toward the sun
Springfield's in the distance
And that's the last big one
After that comes judgment
And judgment will be swift
You will be eliminated
But here's a parting gift
Oh, and if you die fearing God
And painfully employed
No, you will not go to heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
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Readable chord sheet for Champaign Illinois by Old 97's
[G]The bottom line's been snorted [C]The bottom card's been [G]dealt [D]No one knows like you know right now [C]How truly bad it [G]felt [G]All your life you wasted, oh [C]Dreamin' about the [G]day [D]When worker bees kill off their queen [C]And carry all her eggs [G]away [C]Oh, and if you die fearing God [G]And painfully [C]employed [G]No, you will not go to [D]heaven You'll go to [C]Champaign, [G]Illinois [G]Up north is Chicago [C]Where booze makes no one [G]blush [D]Memory comes back to you [C]In a double bourbon [G]rush [G]The memories aren't all bad [C]And neither, my friend, [G]are you [D]There is an argument that there must be some heaven meant [C]For hearts that are half [G]true [C]And if you spend your whole life [G]Rollin' horses into [C]Troy [G]No, you will not go to [D]heaven You'll go to [C]Champaign, [G]Illinois [G]No, you will not go to [D]heaven You'll go to [C]Champaign, [G]Illinois [G]Roll on blacktop highway [C]Circles toward the [G]sun [D]Springfield's in the distance [C]And that's the last big [G]one [G]After that comes judgment [C]And judgment will be [G]swift [D]You will be eliminated [C]But here's a parting [G]gift [C]Oh, and if you die fearing God [G]And painfully [C]employed [G]No, you will not go to [D]heaven You'll go to [C]Champaign, [G]Illinois