| Song Name: | The Night Chicago Died | By: | The Paper Lace |
| Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | C | Genre: | 70s |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2015-10-14 15:09:49 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED
W: Peter Callender M: Mitch Murray The Paper Lace Key: C Daddy was a cop On the east side of Chicago Back in the U S A Back in the bad old days 3 3 -3 4 4 4 -3 -5 5-5-3 In the heat of a sum-mer night 3 3 -3 4 4 4 4 -3 3 In the land of the dol-lar bill 3 3 -3 4 4 4 -3 -55-55-3 When the town of Chi-ca-go died 3 3 -3 4 4 -3 4 And they talk a-bout it still 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 When a man named Al Ca-pone -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 Tried to make that town his own 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 And he called his gang to war -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 With the for-ces of the law 6 -5 5 3 2 3 I heard my ma-ma cry 3 3 3 7 7 7 -6* -6 -5 -55-3 I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a night it real-ly was 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a fight it real-ly was, -3 3 6 glo-ry be 6 -5 5 3 2 3 I heard my ma-ma cry 3 3 3 7 7 7 -6* -6 -5 -55-3 I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a night the peo-ple saw 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a fight the peo-ple saw, -3 3 6 yes in-deed 3 3 -3 4 4 4 -3 -55-55-3 And the sound of the bat-tle rang 3 3 -3 4 4 4 4 -3 3 Through the streets of the old east side 3 3 -3 4 4 4 -3 -55-55-3 Till the last of the hood-lum gang 3 3 -3 4 4 -3 4 Had sur-ren-dered up or died 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 There was shout-ing in the street -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 And the sound of run-ning feet 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 And I asked some-one who said -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 'Bout a hun-dred cops are dead 6 -5 5 3 2 3 I heard my ma-ma cry 3 3 3 7 7 7 -6* -6 -5 -55-3 I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a night it real-ly was 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a fight it real-ly was, -3 3 6 glo-ry be 6 -5 5 3 2 3 I heard my ma-ma cry 3 3 3 7 7 7 -6* -6 -5 -55-3 I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a night the peo-ple saw 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a fight the peo-ple saw, -3 3 6 yes in-deed 3 3 -3 4 4 -3 -55-55-3 Then there was no sound at all 3 3 -3 4 4 -3 4 But the clock up-on the wall 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 Then the door burst o-pen wide -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 And my dad-dy stepped in-side 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 And he kissed my ma-ma's face -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 And he brushed her tears a-way 6 -5 4 3 2 3 The night Chi-ca-go died -6 6 -6 6 -5 -55-3 The night Chi-ca-go died 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a night the peo-ple saw 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a fight the peo-ple saw, -3 3 6 yes in-deed 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a night it real-ly was 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -5 Broth-er what a fight it real-ly was, -3 3 6 glo-ry be |
