Born in Chicago - Nick Gravenites__________________
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Straight 12-bar blues in A


I was born in Chicago 1941
I was born in Chicago in 1941
Well my father told me,
"Son, you'd better get a gun."


My first friend went down, when I was 17 years old
Oh my first friend went down, when I was 17 years old
Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy
He gotta go


Well, my second friend went down, when I was 21 years of age
Oh my second friend went down, when I was 21 years of age
Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy
He gotta pray


Well, now rules are alright, if there's someone left to play the game
Well, now rules are alright, if there's someone left to play the game
All my friends are going
And everything just don't seem the same

Things just don't seem the same, baby