Born In Chicago Chords by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Tempo:
151.6 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

E

Am

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band  "Born in Chicago" chords
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[D]
[G] [A]
[E] I was [D]
[A]
born in Chicago
[Am]
[D] in [A] 1941.
[Am]
[E] Well, my father [D] told me, son, you [G] had [A] better get a gun.
Well, my first friend went down when I was 17 years old.
[Am]
[D] Well, my first friend went down when I was [Am] 17 years old.
[E] Well, there's one thing I can [D] say about that [Em] boy, [A] he got the rules.
[D]
[G] [A]
[E] [D]
[A]
Well, my second friend went down when I was 21 years of [Am] age.
[D] Well, my second friend went down when I was [A] 21 years of age.
[E] Well, there's one thing I [D] can say about that boy, [Em] [A] he got the edge.
[E]
[D]
[Am]
[E] [D]
[Am]
[A] Well, now rules are all right if there's someone left to play the game.
[D] Well, now rules are all right if there's [Am] someone left to play the game.
[A]
[E] My friends are [D] going and things [Em] just [A] don't seem the same.
Oh, things just don't seem the same, [Am]
babe.
[A] [E]
[A]
[E] [D]
[A]
[Am]
[D] [A]
[D]
[E] [D]
[A]
[Am] [A] [E]
[D] [Am]
[A]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
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To start learning The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Born In Chicago chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: D, Am, D, A, E and D. Ease into the song by practicing at 75 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 152 BPM. Considering the song's key of D Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] I was [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ born in Chicago _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ in _ _ _ _ [A] 1941.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] Well, my father [D] told me, son, you [G] had [A] better get a gun. _ _ _ _
Well, my first friend went down when I was 17 years old.
[Am] _ _ _ _
[D] Well, my first friend went down when I was [Am] 17 years old. _ _ _ _
[E] Well, there's one thing I can [D] say about that [Em] boy, [A] he got the rules. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, my second friend went down when I was 21 years of [Am] age. _ _ _ _
[D] Well, my second friend went down when I was [A] 21 years of age. _ _ _ _
[E] Well, there's one thing I [D] can say about that boy, [Em] [A] he got the _ edge. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Well, now rules are all right if there's someone left to play the game. _ _ _
[D] Well, now rules are all right if there's [Am] someone left to play the game.
_ [A] _ _
_ [E] My friends are [D] going and things [Em] just [A] don't seem the same. _ _ _
Oh, things just don't seem the same, [Am]
babe.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Nick Gravenites.

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