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