allister
the legend of pegleg sullivan
before the blackout
2005
submitted by : paramore_fans@yahoo . com
key : G#
tuning : standard eadgbe
chords used :
G# – 466544
D# – x68886
Fm – 133111
C# – x46664
intor : G# D# G# C# G# D# C# D# G#
verse 1 :
G# D#
1871 was the year
G# C# D#
underneath an october sky
G#
when a windy city man had
C#
set out with a plan to set
G# D# G#
a fire but nobody knows why
G#
so pegleg headed out
D#
back with a match and A
G# C# D#
bucket of kerosene
G#
little did he know that the
C#
wind would blow through
G# D# G#
the streets with anarchy
refrain :
C# G#
pegleg didn’t have an alibi
C# G#
he didn’t have a story to tell
C#
but he bought his one way
G# D#
ticket straight to hell
chorus 1 :
G#
cuz he burned the
whole damn city
D#
yeah watched it all go down
Fm
yeah he burned all of
C# D#
chicago to the ground
G#
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
D#
he torched that
beautiful town
Fm
yeah he burned all of
C# D# G# C# G#
chicago to the ground
verse 2 :
G#
the flames spread
D#
fast every night
while they passed through
G#
the alleys and the
C# D#
dead end streets
G#
from suburban doors to
C#
the lakefront shore
G# D# G#
demolishing everything
G#
and pegleg never got
D#
blamed for the mess made
G# C# D#
said he never broke the law
G#
but all that remained was
C#
the charred black stains
G# D# G#
proving every things his fault
( repeat refrain )
( repeat chorus 1 )
bridge :
D#
of all the books
C# G# C# G#
printed on his terrain
D#
none raised the flag
C# G# C# G#
on one mans legacy
Fm
now everybody
C#
knows the truth
Fm
of the stories
C#
being exposed
Fm
so pegleg’s going
C# D#
down in infamy
chorus 1 :
G#
cuz he burned the
whole damn city
D#
yeah watched it all go down
Fm
yeah he burned all of
C# D#
chicago to the ground
G#
yeah he burned that
beautiful city
D#
he torched that
beautiful town
Fm
yeah he burned all of
C# D# G# C# G#
chicago to the ground
C#
yeah he burned all of
D# G# C# G#
chicago to the ground
C#
yeah he burned all of
D# G# C# G# ( hold )
chicago to the ground
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