Allister
The Legend Of Pegleg Sullivan
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: A#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A# - 466544
F - x68886
Gm - 133111
D# - x46664
Intor: A# F A# D# A# F D# F A#
Verse 1:
A# F
1871 was the year
A# D# F
underneath an October sky
A#
When a windy city man had
D#
set out with a plan to set
A# F A#
a fire but nobody knows why
A#
So Pegleg headed out
F
back with a match and a
A# D# F
bucket of kerosene
A#
Little did he know that the
D#
wind would blow through
A# F A#
the streets with anarchy
Refrain:
D# A#
Pegleg didn't have an alibi
D# A#
He didn't have a story to tell
D#
But he bought his one way
A# F
ticket straight to hell
Chorus 1:
A#
Cuz he burned the
whole damn city
F
yeah Watched it all go down
Gm
Yeah he burned all of
D# F
Chicago to the ground
A#
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
F
He torched that
beautiful town
Gm
Yeah he burned all of
D# F A# D# A#
Chicago to the ground
Verse 2:
A#
The Flames spread
F
fast every night
While they passed through
A#
the alleys and the
D# F
dead end streets
A#
From suburban doors to
D#
the lakefront shore
A# F A#
demolishing everything
A#
And pegleg never got
F
blamed for the mess made
A# D# F
Said he never broke the law
A#
But all that remained was
D#
the charred black stains
A# F A#
Proving every things his fault
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
F
Of all the books
D# A# D# A#
printed on his terrain
F
None raised the flag
D# A# D# A#
on one mans legacy
Gm
Now everybody
D#
knows the truth
Gm
of the stories
D#
being exposed
Gm
So Pegleg's going
D# F
down in infamy
Chorus 2:
A#
Cuz he burned the
whole damn city
F
yeah Watched it all go down
Gm
Yeah he burned all of
D# F
Chicago to the ground
A#
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
F
He torched that
beautiful town
Gm
Yeah he burned all of
D# F A# D# A#
Chicago to the ground
D#
Yeah he burned all of
F A# D# A#
Chicago to the ground
D#
Yeah he burned all of
F A# D# G#(hold)
Chicago to the ground