Chicago chords by Morna Macaedyn

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Am

Intro:

Am                      D  Am C G Em Am
Lonely, lonely           laaaadyyyyy
D       Am                   C          G  Em C  Am
Chicago nights ain't kind to girls like  meeeeee


Verse 1:
Am
Street lamps burn on the midnight roads
C                                         G  Em  G
Past the speakeasy where the giggle water flooooows
         Am
Diamonds in my hair but they feel like chains
                     C          G  C    G
Chicago's cold night runs in my veeiins

Verse 2:
Am
He's a big shot and I play the part
C                                       G  C       G
But every deal he makes just hardens my heeaaart
       Am
In the smoke-filled back where the jazz cats play
C                                           G  Em  C
I watch the trigger men move in their quiet waaaaaays


Chorus:
F                     C       G
For the ride, keep it moving along
F                           C          G
The night runs deep and the day feels wrong
F                     C          G
I'm smiling now but I won't stay long
                F                       C        Am C G    G
One day I'll be gone       .and I'll be gone for gooood


Verse 3:
Am
I've heard the whispers, I've seen the heat
    C                    G  Em  G
The G-men circling every streeeeet
Am
One wrong word and you're out of luck
        C                            G C     G
They'll find your body in a copper's truck


Verse 4:
Am
I stash my cash, I marked the train
C                               G C G
Dreamed of a life far from this paiiiin
Am
But tonight they caught on to what I knew
C                                       G            C  Em
And there's no getting out when they're gunning for yoooouu


Chorus:
F                     C       G
For the ride, keep it moving along
F                           C          G
The night runs deep and the day feels wrong
F                     C          G
I'm smiling still but I won't stay long
              F                      C  Am  C  G      G   G
One shot rang out and I was gone for goooooooood


Instrumental:
Am
C   G
Am
C   G
(First 2 lines of verse)


Verse 5:
Am
I've seen the money, I've heard the names
C                                G  Em G
Every friend here plays the same gaaaaames
Am
One wrong word and the lights go dark
C                                     G Em G
They'll find you face down by Lincoln Paaaark


Outro:
Am                                  C
The music fades and the doors swing wide
  G                             Am  C  G
I finally made it to the other siiiiiiide
G              Am  C  G  Am
Lonely lonely  laaadyyyyyy