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ё[Verse 1]
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I come from the heart of the Heartland
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Where pictures shows where the corn grows
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In rows and rows of summer greens
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And winter snows
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And it goes on
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Through the crack of the bat
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Oh everybody rollin' out their welcome mat
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And our hands on our hearts under the stars of the Friday night flag

[Chorus]
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And oh the heart will wander
  A          G          D
Beyond that wild blue yonder
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When I get lost in the noise like a whisper I hear the voice of the boy
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Oh from Illinois

[Verse 2]
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I remember the first time
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I saw that name on the marquee sign
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Lights so bright could almost make you blind
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I'd get lost in
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Sweet girls singin' along
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Buses rollin' on in the silver dawn
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Seein' the world a long, long way from home

[Chorus]
    A        G          D
And oh the heart will wander
  A          G          D
Beyond that wild blue yonder
        A               G             Bm                A            Em
When I get lost in the noise like a whisper I hear the voice of the boy
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Oh oh oh

[Bridge]
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It's water through my blood
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It's the place I got my roots
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It's the fire that's in my soul
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It's the mud that's on my boots
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Oooh Illinois

[Chorus]
    A        G          D
And oh the heart will wander
  A          G          D
Beyond that wild blue yonder
        A               G             Bm                A            Em
When I get lost in the noise like a whisper I hear the voice of the boy
 G          D   G
Oh from Illinois
      D
From Illinois
D
Oh oh oh from Illinois
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Takes me back to Illinois
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(Take me home)
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(Take me home)
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(Take me home)
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(I come from the heart of the Heartland)