Allister
The Legend Of Pegleg Sullivan
Before The Blackout
2005
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: Ab

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Ab - 466544
Eb - x68886
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664

Intor: Ab  Eb  Ab  C#  Ab  Eb  C# Eb Ab

Verse 1:
Ab Eb
1871 was the year
     Ab (xx1114@1)       C# (x43121@1)   Ebunderneath (x43121@3)an October sky
       AbWhen (xx1114@1)a windy city man had
    C#set (x43121@1)out with a plan to set
  Ab (xx1114@1)       Eb (x43121@3)       Aba (xx1114@1)fire but nobody knows why
   AbSo (xx1114@1)Pegleg headed out 
Ebback (x43121@3)with a match and a
Ab (xx1114@1)      C# (x43121@1)Ebbucket (x43121@3)of kerosene
AbLittle (xx1114@1)did he know that the
C#wind (x43121@1)would blow through
     Ab (xx1114@1)        Eb (x43121@3)Abthe (xx1114@1)streets with anarchy

Refrain:
C# (x43121@1)                  AbPegleg (xx1114@1)didn't have an alibi
   C# (x43121@1)                   AbHe (xx1114@1)didn't have a story to tell
       C#But (x43121@1)he bought his one way
Ab (xx1114@1)               Ebticket (x43121@3)straight to hell

Chorus 1:
       AbCuz (xx1114@1)he burned the
whole damn city
     Ebyeah (x43121@3)Watched it all go down
        FmYeah (133111@1)he burned all of
C# (x43121@1)           EbChicago (x43121@3)to the ground
        Abyeah (xx1114@1)he burned that
beautiful city
   EbHe (x43121@3)torched that
beautiful town
        FmYeah (133111@1)he burned all of
   C# (x43121@1) Eb (x43121@3)   Ab (xx1114@1)  C# (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
Chicago to the ground

Verse 2:
   AbThe (xx1114@1)Flames spread
           Ebfast (x43121@3)every night
While they passed through
    Abthe (xx1114@1)alleys and the
C# (x43121@1)      Ebdead (x43121@3)end streets
        AbFrom (xx1114@1)suburban doors to
    C#the (x43121@1)lakefront shore
  Ab (xx1114@1)      Eb (x43121@3) Abdemolishing (xx1114@1)everything
    AbAnd (xx1114@1)pegleg never got
Ebblamed (x43121@3)for the mess made
Ab (xx1114@1)          C# (x43121@1)      EbSaid (x43121@3)he never broke the law
    AbBut (xx1114@1)all that remained was
    C#the (x43121@1)charred black stains
        Ab (xx1114@1)  Eb (x43121@3)       AbProving (xx1114@1)every things his fault

(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge:
   EbOf (x43121@3)all the books
    C# (x43121@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)C# (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
printed on his terrain
     EbNone (x43121@3)raised the flag
   C# (x43121@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# Abon (xx1114@1)one mans legacy
Fm (133111@1) Now everybody
C#knows (x43121@1)the truth
        Fmof (133111@1)the stories
        C#being (x43121@1)exposed
   FmSo (133111@1)Pegleg's going
C# (x43121@1)        Ebdown (x43121@3)in infamy

Chorus 1:
       AbCuz (xx1114@1)he burned the
whole damn city
     Ebyeah (x43121@3)Watched it all go down
        FmYeah (133111@1)he burned all of
C# (x43121@1)           EbChicago (x43121@3)to the ground
        Abyeah (xx1114@1)he burned that
beautiful city
   EbHe (x43121@3)torched that
beautiful town
        FmYeah (133111@1)he burned all of
   C# (x43121@1) Eb (x43121@3)   Ab (xx1114@1)  C# (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
Chicago to the ground
        C#Yeah (x43121@1)he burned all of
   Eb (x43121@3)        Ab (xx1114@1)  C# (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
Chicago to the ground
        C#Yeah (x43121@1)he burned all of
   Eb (x43121@3)        Ab (xx1114@1)  C#Ab(hold) (x43121@1)Chicago to the ground