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Born In Chicago Chords

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[Intro 1]
[G][Gm][G][C][G][Gm]
[G][D][G][C][Gm]
[C][Gm][G]
[D][C][Gm]
[G]I was born

[Verse 1]
[Gm]in Chicago
[G]19 and 51
I was [C]born in Chicago
[Gm]19 and [G]51
Yeah, my [D]poppa told me
[C]Son you had better get it [Gm]done[G]

[Verse 2]
My [Gm]first friend went down
When he was seventeen years of [G]age
Yeah, my [C]first friend went down
When he was seventeen years [Gm]of age
I've [G]got [D]one thing to say about [C]that boy
He died [Gm]brave

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][G][C][Gm]
[G][D][C]
[Gm][C]
[Gm][Dm][C][Gm]

[Verse 3]
Now my [Gm]second friend went down
When he was twenty- one years old
Yeah, [G]my [C]second friend went down
When he was twenty- one years [G]old
I've got [D]one thing to say about [C]that boy

[Interlude 2]
He died bold
[Gm][G][Gm][G][C]
[Gm][G][D][Dm]
[D][C][Gm][G][C]
[Gm][G][D][C][Gm]

[Verse 4]
Now the [Gm]blues are alright
If there's someone left to play the game
[G]Yeah, the blu[C]es are alright
If there's someone left to play [Gm]the game
[G]All my fri[D]ends are gone
[C]It just don't seem [Gm]the same
[G]Things aren't [Gm]the [G]same,

[Outro 1]
baby
[G][C][G]
[D][C][G][Gm][G]
[C][Gm][D][C][Gm]
[Gm][G][C][Gm]
[D][C][Gm][G]
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