The Night Chicago Died chords by
Paper Lace

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Key: C major

Intro 1

C

C

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Verse 1

C

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Daddy was a cop on the

east side of Chicago

Am

Am

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C

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Back in the USA, back in the bad old days

Dm

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In the heat of a summer

Verse 2

night

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C

C

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In the land of the dollar bill

Dm

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When the town of Chicago died

G

G

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C

C

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And they talk about it still

Verse 3

Dm

Dm

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When a man named Al Capone

G

G

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C

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Tried to make that town his own

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And he called his gang to war

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With the forces of the law

Verse 4
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I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night
Dm Dm 
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Chicago died
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Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
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Glory be

Verse 5
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I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night
Dm Dm 
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Chicago died
G G 
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Brother, what a night the people saw
Brother, what a fight the people saw
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Yes, indeed
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And the sound of the battle

Verse 6
rang
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Through the streets of the
C C 
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old east side
'Til the last of the hoodlum
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G G 
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gang
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Had surrendered up or died

Verse 7

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There was shouting in the street

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And the sound of running feet

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And I asked someone who said

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"'Bout a hundred cops are dead!"

Verse 8
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I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night
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Chicago died
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Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
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Glory be

Verse 9
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I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night
Dm Dm 
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Chicago died
G G 
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Brother, what a night the people saw
Brother, what a fight the people saw
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Yes, indeed

Verse 10
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Then there was no sound at all
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G G 
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But the clock up on the wall
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Then the door burst open wide
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C C 
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And my daddy stepped inside
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And he kissed my mama's face
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And he brushed her tears away

Verse 11
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The night Chicago died
(Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na)
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Dm Dm 
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The The night Chicago died
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Brother, what a night the people saw
Brother, what a fight the people saw
C C 
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Yes, indeed

Verse 12
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The night Chicago died
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(N a-na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na)
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The The night Chicago died
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Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
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Glory be
The night Chicago died (Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na)

Verse 13

The

C

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The night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a fight the people saw

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