Illegal Smile

G

[Verse 1]
G                   D        C  
When I woke up this morning, 
                 G
things were lookin' bad
C                G              
seems like total silence is the 
D             G
only friend I have
D                 C              
a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare 
   G       C   G
me down... and won
           D                       
and it was twelve o'clock before I 
C                   G      C  G
realized that I was havin' no fun

[Chorus]
          D             G         
      but fortunately I have the 
        C      D  G
key to escape reality
                  C             
      and you may see me tonight 
         G
with an illegal smile
               D                   
      it don't cost very much, but 
   G
it lasts a long while
                C                  
      won't you please tell the man
          G
 I didn't kill anyone
               D              C   
      no I was just tryin' to have
         G
 me some fun

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[Verse 2]
     G                 D       
last time I checked my bankroll, 
       C              G
well it was gettin' thin
    C                       G     
sometimes it seems like the bottom
        D               G
 is the only place I've been
D                C              
chased a rainbow down a one-way 
G         C    G
street... dead end
    D                     C       
and all my friends turned out to 
    G       C    G
be insurance salesmen

[Chorus]
          D             G         
      but fortunately I have the 
        C      D  G
key to escape reality
                  C             
      and you may see me tonight 
         G
with an illegal smile
               D                   
      it don't cost very much, but 
   G
it lasts a long while
                C                  
      won't you please tell the man
          G
 I didn't kill anyone
               D              C   
      no I was just tryin' to have
         G
 me some fun

[Verse 3]
  G              D           C   
I sat down in my closet with all 
       G
my overalls
     C              G             
just tryin' to get away from all 
   D                  G
the years inside these walls
D                  C             
dreamed the police heard 
     G          C    G
everything I thought... what then?
       D                     C    
well I went to court and the 
        G   C   G
judge's name was Hoffman

[Chorus]
          D             G         
      but fortunately I have the 
        C      D  G
key to escape reality
                  C             
      and you may see me tonight 
         G
with an illegal smile
               D                   
      it don't cost very much, but 
   G
it lasts a long while
                C                  
      won't you please tell the man
          G
 I didn't kill anyone
               D              C   
      no I was just tryin' to have
         G
 me some fun