Allister
The Legend Of Pegleg Sullivan
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - 466544
G - x68886
Am - 133111
F - x46664
Intor: C G C F C G F G C
Verse 1:
C G
1871 was the year
C F G
underneath an October sky
C
When a windy city man had
F
set out with a plan to set
C G C
a fire but nobody knows why
C
So Pegleg headed out
G
back with a match and a
C F G
bucket of kerosene
C
Little did he know that the
F
wind would blow through
C G 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 G
ticket straight to hell
Chorus 1:
C
Cuz he burned the
whole damn city
G
yeah Watched it all go down
Am
Yeah he burned all of
F G
Chicago to the ground
C
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
G
He torched that
beautiful town
Am
Yeah he burned all of
F G C F C
Chicago to the ground
Verse 2:
C
The Flames spread
G
fast every night
While they passed through
C
the alleys and the
F G
dead end streets
C
From suburban doors to
F
the lakefront shore
C G C
demolishing everything
C
And pegleg never got
G
blamed for the mess made
C F G
Said he never broke the law
C
But all that remained was
F
the charred black stains
C G C
Proving every things his fault
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
G
Of all the books
F C F C
printed on his terrain
G
None raised the flag
F C F C
on one mans legacy
Am
Now everybody
F
knows the truth
Am
of the stories
F
being exposed
Am
So Pegleg's going
F G
down in infamy
Chorus 2:
C
Cuz he burned the
whole damn city
G
yeah Watched it all go down
Am
Yeah he burned all of
F G
Chicago to the ground
C
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
G
He torched that
beautiful town
Am
Yeah he burned all of
F G C F C
Chicago to the ground
F
Yeah he burned all of
G C F C
Chicago to the ground
F
Yeah he burned all of
G C F G#(hold)
Chicago to the ground