Key: Ab5 Tuning: Standard EADGBe Intor: Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Eb5 C#5 Eb5 Ab5 Verse 1: Ab5 Eb5 1871 was the year Ab5 C#5 Eb5 underneath an October sky Ab5 When a windy city man had C#5 set out with a plan to set Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 a fire but nobody knows why Ab5 So Pegleg headed out Eb5 back with a match and a Ab5 C#5 Eb5 bucket of kerosene Ab5 Little did he know that the C#5 wind would blow through Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 the streets with anarchy Refrain: C#5 Ab5 Pegleg didn't have an alibi C#5 Ab5 He didn't have a story to tell C#5 But he bought his one way Ab5 Eb5 ticket straight to hell Chorus 1: Ab5 Cuz he burned the whole damn city Eb5 yeah Watched it all go down F5 Yeah he burned all of C#5 Eb5 Chicago to the ground Ab5 yeah he burned that beautiful city Eb5 He torched that beautiful town F5 Yeah he burned all of C#5 Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Chicago to the ground Verse 2: Ab5 The Flames spread Eb5 fast every night While they passed through Ab5 the alleys and the C#5 Eb5 dead end streets Ab5 From suburban doors to C#5 the lakefront shore Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 demolishing everything Ab5 And pegleg never got Eb5 blamed for the mess made Ab5 C#5 Eb5 Said he never broke the law Ab5 But all that remained was C#5 the charred black stains Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 Proving every things his fault (Repeat Refrain) (Repeat Chorus 1) Bridge: Eb5 Of all the books C#5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5 printed on his terrain Eb5 None raised the flag C#5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5 on one mans legacy F5 Now everybody C#5 knows the truth F5 of the stories C#5 being exposed F5 So Pegleg's going C#5 Eb5 down in infamy Chorus 1: Ab5 Cuz he burned the whole damn city Eb5 yeah Watched it all go down F5 Yeah he burned all of C#5 Eb5 Chicago to the ground Ab5 yeah he burned that beautiful city Eb5 He torched that beautiful town F5 Yeah he burned all of C#5 Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Chicago to the ground C#5 Yeah he burned all of Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Chicago to the ground C#5 Yeah he burned all of Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab(hold) Chicago to the ground