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