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