The Illegal Line chords
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Em G Em
Em G Em
Well I must have walked for fourteen days
Em G Em
All that I could carry and I made my way
Em G D
To the new holy land not a grand parade
Em G Em
Snuck across the border to the U.S.A.
Em G Em
Didn't take too long for me to find some work
Em G Em
Just stood there waitin round in the Texas dirt
Em G D
And now I lay concrete the way I did back home
Em G Em
From 6 am until the light is gone
Em G Em
Then it's back to the hotel drink a case of beer
Em G Em
One for every person that's livin' here
Em G D
Four dollars an hour but nobody moans
Em G Em
Cause it's three fifty more than we can get back home
Em G Em
Then I send the money back down to my sweet wife
Em G Em
So she can tell my children 'bout a better life
Em G D
Papa's tryin hard just to make it fine
Em G Em
Fifty miles north of that illegal line
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Em G Em
Late one night they came in through the door
Em G Em
With guns and lights screamin' get on the floor
Em G D
They cuffed us up tight and hauled us all away
Em G Em
Couldn't hardly understand a single word they'd say
Em G Em
Early next mornin' judge drug us in
Em G Em
He stared us all down just like guilty men
Em G D
He said any of you boys got a thing to say?
Em G Em
I asked him what would he do if he was in my place
Em G Em
He said there's rules boy and this just aint the way
Em G Em
And I said sometimes a starvin' family just can't wait
Em G D
But he slammed down his gavel now I'm doin time
Em G Em
Fifty miles north of that illegal line
Em G Em
Fifty miles north of that illegal line-eeeeee
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