Illegal Smile(Chords)

	        
C                   G        F                   C   
When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad   
F                C              G    F        C   
Seems like total silence is the only friend I have   
G                 F                 C       F   C   
A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won   
           G                       F                   C      F  C   
And it was twelve o'clock before I realized that I was havin' no fun   
        G           C                 F      G    C   
Ah, but fortunately I have the key to escape reality   
   

   
          F                      C   
And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile   
         G                      C   
It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while   
          F                            C   
Won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone   
       G              F            C   
No I'm just tryin' to have me some fun
   


C                         G        F                  C 
Last time I checked my bankroll, well it was gettin' thin   
F                            C            G      F        C 
Sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been   
G                 F               C        F    C 
Chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end   
          G               F             C       F  C 
And all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen   
        G           C                 F      G    C 
Ah, but fortunately I have the key to escape reality   
   
          F                      C   
And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile   
         G                      C   
It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while   
          F                            C   
Won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone   
       G              F            C   
No I'm just tryin' to have me some fun 


   
I sat down in my closet with all my overalls   
Just tryin' to get away from all the years inside these walls   
Dreamed the police heard everything I thought... what then?   
Well I went to court and the judge's name was Hoffman   
Ah, but fortunately I have the key to escape reality   
   
Chorus   
F    C     F      C    F          C  
well done, hotdog bun, my sisters a nun. 

	        

Written by John Prine