Allister
The Legend Of Pegleg Sullivan
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - 466544
A - x68886
Bm - 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
Bm
Yeah he burned all of
G A
Chicago to the ground
D
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
A
He torched that
beautiful town
Bm
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
Bm
Now everybody
G
knows the truth
Bm
of the stories
G
being exposed
Bm
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
Bm
Yeah he burned all of
G A
Chicago to the ground
D
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
A
He torched that
beautiful town
Bm
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