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