Tom: G G All the fields are flooded up to Highway 51 G Em Illinois is coming ’cross the bridge where the Old Ohio was C G Don’t look away, it will be gone G Kentucky and Missouri, a trinity of states G Em Nothing’s in a hurry ’cept the water in between the rising banks C G Oh nothing moves but nothing stays C D Em D/F# G Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join C D Em D/F# G Still I’ll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Ill-inois [Verse 2] G She used to be a beauty back in 1891 G Em After Fort Defiance, now she’s weathered by the river and the sun C G She’s still around but she is gone C D Em D/F# G Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join C D Em D/F# G Still I’ll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Ill-inois G Da Da da do da do, da da do do Em C G C D Em D/F# G Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join C D Em D/F# G Still I’ll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Ill-inois