The Illegal Line
The Illegal Line

The Illegal Line chords by Will Hoge

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • Em

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • G

  • E

  • D

  • Em

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • G

  • E

    • Verse 1

    Well I must've 

    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 USA 

    Didn't 
    take to 
    long for me 

    to find some 
    work 

    Just 
    stood there waiting 
    round 

    in the Texas 
    dirt 

    And now 
    I lay concrete 

    the way 
    I did back 
    home 

    From 
    6am until 
    the light is 
    gone 

    Then it's 
    back to the hotel 
    split 
    a 
    case 
    of 
    Verse 2

    beer 

    One for 
    every 
    person that's 

    living 
    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 
    chil
    dren about a 

    better 
    life 

    Papa's trying 
    hard just 

    to 
    make it 
    fine 

    Fifty miles 
    north of 
    that 
    Il
    legal 
    line 



    Verse 3

    Late one 
    night they came 
    in thru 
    the door 

    With 
    guns 
    and lights screaming 

    get on the 
    floor 

    They cuffed us 
    up tight and hauled 

    us all 
    away 

    Couldn't 
    hardly under
    stand a single 

    word they 
    say 

    Early next 
    morning judge 
    drug 
    us in 

    And 
    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 were 
    in my 
    place 

    He said 
    there's rules 
    boy and this 

    just ain't 
    the 
    way 

    I said 
    sometimes 
    a 
    starving family 

    just can't 
    wait 

    But he 
    slammed down 
    his 
    gavel now 

    I'm 
    doing 
    time 

    Fifty miles 
    north of that 
    Il
    legal 
    line 

    Outro 1





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