Johnsburg Illinois Guitaruke

thanks for a beautiful song mr waits . he once said that it was about a guy chatting someone up in line at the grocery store . p . s . guitar chords and my version for ukulele are at the end of the page ( i copied the guitar chords from the "big time" songbook , jalma music , 1988 ) p . p . s . for beginners , myself included , ignore the chord mentioned after the backslash , it means which version of the chord to use , ( play whats comfortable for you ) and enjoy y’all! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tom waits - johnsburg illinois from swordfishtrombones 1983 ( Intro ) slowly , Dadd9 D B7 - 9 B7 Em7 C#7 she’s my only true love she’s all that i think of F#m B7 Em7 A7 look here , in my wallet - that’s her D B7 - 9 B7 Em7 C#7/E# she grew up on a farm there . . . there’s a place on my arm where i’ve F#m B7 Em A7sus4 A7 written her name next to mine . . . you E7/G# Em6/G D/F# Em/G see i just can’t live without her D/A A#dim7 Bm D7 and i’m her only boy . . . and E7/G# Em6/G D/F# Em/G she grew up outside mchenry . . . in D/A A7 D/A G/A johnsburg il - li - nois ( Outro ) Dadd9 Gm A13 - 9 A7 - 9 - - > dbass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ( not positive , but i think B7 - 9 = B7b9 , A13 - 9 = A13b9 , etc . . . ) guitar uke eadgbe gcea Dadd9 x04230 2425 D xx0232 2225 B7 - 9 x2121x 4353 B7 x2120x 2322 Em7 022030 0202 C#7 x4342x 1112 F#m xx4222 2120 A7 x02020 0100 C#7/ [ ch ] E# [ /Ch ] 003424 same Em 022000 4432 A7sus4 x02030 0230 E7/G# 4x243x 1202 Em6/G 3x242x 0404 D/F# 2x023x same Em/G 3x200x same D/A x0423x 2220 A#dim7 x1202x 0101 Bm x2443x 4222 D7 x5453x 2223 G/A x05433 0232 Gm/A x05333 0231 A13 - 9 x05322 2120 ( dunno , i play F#m here ) A7 - 9 x02323 2131 ( or A7 0100 , 0434 ) dbass x5xxxx x2xx ( or 7655 ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . on the uke i do not use the A13 - 9 and A7 - 9 . . . my Outro is Dadd9 , Gm , F#m , low A7 , then up to higher A7 , . . . then finish with a nice clean higher D danilo from ndg ( fledgeling ukulele balladeer )