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