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