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