The Illegal Line
Will HogeVersion1
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Well I must have walked for fourteen days
All that I could carry and I made my way
To the new holy land not a grand parade
Snuck across the border to the U.S.A.
Didn't take too long for me to find some work
Just stood there waitin round in the Texas dirt
And now I lay concrete the way I did back home
From 6 am until the light is gone
Then it's back to the hotel drink a case of beer
One for every person that's livin' here
Four dollars an hour but nobody moans
Cause it's three fifty more than we can get back home
Then I send the money back down to my sweet wife
So she can tell my children 'bout a better life
Papa's tryin hard just to make it fine
Fifty miles north of that illegal line
Late one night they came in through the door
With guns and lights screamin' get on the floor
They cuffed us up tight and hauled us all away
Couldn't hardly understand a single word they'd say
Early next mornin' judge drug us in
He stared us all down just like guilty men
He said any of you boys got a thing to say?
I asked him what would he do if he was in my place
He said there's rules boy and this just aint the way
And I said sometimes a starvin' family just can't wait
But he slammed down his gavel now I'm doin time
Fifty miles north of that illegal line
Fifty miles north of that illegal line-eeeeee
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Readable chord sheet for The Illegal Line by Will Hoge
[Em] [G] [Em] Wel[Em]l I must have walked for[G] fourteen[Em] days All[Em] that I could carry and [G]I made my[Em] way To [Em]the new holy land not a [G]grand [D]parade Snu[Em]ck across the border to the[G] U.S.[Em]A. Di[Em]dn't take too long for me to [G]find som[Em]e work Jus[Em]t stood there waitin round in the[G] Texas[Em] dirt And[Em] now I lay concrete the way I[G] did bac[D]k home Fro[Em]m 6 am until the [G]light is [Em]gone The[Em]n it's back to the hotel drink a [G]case of[Em] beer One[Em] for every person that's[G] livin'[Em] here Fou[Em]r dollars an hour but [G]nobody[D] moans Cau[Em]se it's three fifty more than we can [G]get bac[Em]k home The[Em]n I send the money back down to[G] my sweet[Em] wife So [Em]she can tell my children '[G]bout a bet[Em]ter life Pap[Em]a's tryin hard just to m[G]ake it [D]fine Fif[Em]ty miles north of that i[G]llegal [Em]line L[Em]ate one night they came in th[G]rough t[Em]he door W[Em]ith guns and lights screamin'[G] get on t[Em]he floor The[Em]y cuffed us up tight and hauled[G] us all [D]away Cou[Em]ldn't hardly understand a singl[G]e word the[Em]y'd say Ear[Em]ly next mornin' judg[G]e drug us[Em] in He [Em]stared us all down just li[G]ke guilty[Em] men He [Em]said any of you boys got a th[G]ing to [D]say? I a[Em]sked him what would he do if he [G]was in my[Em] place He [Em]said there's rules boy and this jus[G]t aint th[Em]e way And[Em] I said sometimes a starvin' family j[G]ust can't[Em] wait But[Em] he slammed down his gavel now[G] I'm doin[D] time Fif[Em]ty miles north of that [G]illegal l[Em]ine Fif[Em]ty miles north of that [G]illegal l[Em]ine-eeeeee