Born in Chicago - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one

I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one

Well, my father told me, «Son, you had better get a gun»

Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years old

Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years old

Well, there’s one thing I could say about that boy, «You gotta go»

Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one years, baby

Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one years, baby

Well, there’s one thing I could say about that boy, «You got it babe»

Well, my blues are alright if there’s someone left to play the game

Well, my blues are alright if there’s someone left to play the game

Well my rules are alright if there’s someone left to play the game.

Oh, they just don’t seem the same, baby