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