The Illegal Line

will hoge - the illegal line standard tune - no capo the [ Solo ] section seems to start in a and work its way down the fret board 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 [ Solo ] 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 [ Solo ]