Girl in Illinois The Bandy Tract 1/2 step down tuning Capo 1 x2 Gallops and gunshots Sounds that warn me that I got To end this robbery and hit the bricks Bags of cash in my hand On the road once again At least till I need another fix Now for me there's a bounty So I fled to Cook County I'll lay low and just keep to my own But in a town called Barrington At a bar drinking my cares again A girl walked in and shook me to the bone I've eluded lawmen from San Fran to Long Island Shot the few that I couldn't avoid Wanted in all states, thought this life would seal my fate But I was brought down by a girl in Illinois I kept my cool but barely Her eyes like two blueberries Her smile shined like the chrome of my gun Could have been the whiskey But one look had me tipsy And I felt myself falling for this one I broke rule one of my code Commit only to the road But this girl was more than worth the risk Before long she took me in And we wrote a happy ending To this outlaw life I could never resist I've eluded lawmen from San Fran to Long Island Shot the few that I couldn't avoid Wanted in all states, thought this life would seal my fate But I was brought down by a girl in Illinois One morning I awoke in bed To a gun pointed at my head It seems I misread this situation She said she planned it all along Needed the bounty to help her mom Who is sick and couldn't afford the medicine Yeah that's sweet but now I sit In a prison but I must admit I think about that girl every minute I dropped my guard, loves my excuse Tomorrow I will face the noose And hopefully one last time the girl that put me in it (The girl that put me in) I've eluded lawmen from San Fran to Long Island Shot the few that I couldn't avoid Wanted in all states, thought this life would seal my fate But I was brought down by a girl in Illinois I was brought down by a girl in Illinois I was brought down by a girl in Illinois-oy-oy I was brought down by a girl in Illinois