title: The Night Chicago Died
key: 70s
harp type: Chromatic
genre: C
skill: Any

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
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In the heat of a sum-mer night
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In the land of the dol-lar bill
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When the town of Chi-ca-go died
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And they talk a-bout it still
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When a man named Al Ca-pone
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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 for-ces of the law
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I heard my ma-ma cry
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I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died
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Broth-er what a night it real-ly was
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Broth-er what a fight it real-ly was,
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glo-ry be
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I heard my ma-ma cry
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I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died
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Broth-er what a night the peo-ple saw
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Broth-er what a fight the peo-ple saw,
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yes in-deed
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And the sound of the bat-tle rang
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Through the streets of the old east side
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Till the last of the hood-lum gang
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Had sur-ren-dered up or died
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There was shout-ing in the street
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And the sound of run-ning feet
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And I asked some-one who said
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‘Bout a hun-dred cops are dead
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I heard my ma-ma cry
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I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died
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Broth-er what a night it real-ly was
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Broth-er what a fight it real-ly was,
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glo-ry be
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I heard my ma-ma cry
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I heard her pray the night Chi-ca-go died
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Broth-er what a night the peo-ple saw
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Broth-er what a fight the peo-ple saw,
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yes in-deed
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Then there was no sound at all
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But the clock up-on the wall
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Then the door burst o-pen wide
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And my dad-dy stepped in-side
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And he kissed my ma-ma’s face
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And he brushed her tears a-way
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The night Chi-ca-go died
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The night Chi-ca-go died
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Broth-er what a night the peo-ple saw
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Broth-er what a fight the peo-ple saw,
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yes in-deed
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Broth-er what a night it real-ly was
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Broth-er what a fight it real-ly was,
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glo-ry be