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Born In Chicago by Mike Bloomfield
Born In Chicago
Tuning: standard
Pick up Intro
co co co co
A7
e|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|
A|---------------/7--------|------------/7--------|------------/7--------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
co co co co co co
D7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------------|----------------------|
A|--------------/7--------|----------------3--4--|--5----5--------3--4--|
E|------------------------|------------/5--------|------------/5--------|
co co co co co co
A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------------|
A|----5----5----/7--------|------------/7--------|----------------5--6--|
E|------------------------|----------------------|------------/7--------|
co co co co co co
E7 D7 A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|
A|----7----7--------3--4--|--5----5----/7--------|------------/7--------|
E|--------------/5--------|----------------------|----------------------|
Verse 1
co co co co co co
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|
A|--------------/7--------|------------/7--------|------------/7--------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
co co co ~~~~ co co co co
D7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|-------7b9--7--5--------|-----7b9--7--5--------|----------------------|
D|----7-------------7--5--|----------------7--5--|--4----4--------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|----------------3--4--|
E|------------------------|----------------------|------------/5--------|
co co slow co slow
A7
e|------------------------|--------------5-------|----------------5--------|
B|------------------------|------8--b10----------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------7--|--(7)--b9-7p5-----5------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|--------------7-----7-5--|
A|----5----5--------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
co co co co co co ~~~~ co co
E7 D7 A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------|--------------5----5--|--5h7----------5---5--|
A|----7----7--------3--4--|--5----5--------------|----------------------|
E|--------------/5--------|----------------------|----------------------|
Verse 2
~~~~ co co
e|------------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|
D|----5h7-----------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|
A|--------------/7--------|------------/7--------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|
co co
e|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|----7b9--7p5----5-5--|
D|----7----7--------------|-------------7-------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|
~~~~ co co
D7
e|----------5----------------8\--|----------------------|----------------------|
B|--------5---8p5-8/10-(10)------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----8b9------------------------|--5----5--------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------------------|--4----4--------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------------------|----------------3--4--|--5----5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------/5--------|----------------------|
slow slow
A7 E7
e|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G|------7--b9--7-5-7-5--|--7--b9--7-5------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------7-5--|----------------------|
A|----------------------|------------------|--7----7--------3--4--|
E|----------------------|------------------|------------/5--------|
co co co co ~~~~ co co ~~~~
D7 A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------5--5--|--5h7-----------5--5--|--5h7-----------5--6--|
A|----5----5--------------|----------------------|------------/7--------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Harmonica solo
co co co co co co
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----7----7--------------|--7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|
A|------------------5--6--|------------/7--------|------------/7--------|
E|--------------/7--------|----------------------|----------------------|
co co co co co co
D7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----7----7--------------|----------------------|----------------5--5--|
A|------------------3--4--|--5----5--------3--4--|--5----5----/7--------|
E|--------------/5--------|------------/5--------|----------------------|
co co co co co co
A7 E7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------------|----------------------|
A|--------------/7--------|----------------5--6--|--7----7--------3--4--|
E|------------------------|------------/7--------|------------/5--------|
co co co co co co
D7 A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------5--6--|
A|----5----5----/7--------|------------/7--------|------------/7--------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Verse 3
co co co co slow
e|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----19--b21--19p17-----17-----|
D|----7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------------|-------------------19-----19--|
A|--------------/7--------|----------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
co co co co co
D7
e|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------19b21--19--17-------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------19\--|--5----5--------3--4--|--5----5--------------|
E|--------------------------|------------/5--------|----------------------|
A7
e|----15----15----15----15----15-----|--15----15----15----15----15---\----|
B|----15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17--|--15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17\----|
G|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
co co co co co co ~~~~~ co co
E7 D7 A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------5--5--|--5h7------(7)--5--5--|
A|----7----7--------3--4--|--5----5--------------|----------------------|
E|---------------5--------|----------------------|----------------------|
Guitar solo
~~~~~ slow bss co
e|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------7--b9--|--7b9--7-5-7-5------|--7b9--7b9--5-7-5---5--|
D|----5h7-----(7)---------|---------------7-5--|------------------7----|
A|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
e|----------5----------8----8-10b12--|----10-8-10p8----8----8-10b12-|
B|--------5---8-5-8/10---10----------|--------------10---10---------|
G|----7b9----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
co ~~~~ co
D7 A7
e|---(12)-10-8-------------|---------8-------------|------5-------------|
B|-------------10-10-(10)--|----8-10-----8b10---8--|--(8)---------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------7p5-7p5-7p5-|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
bsf
E7
e|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------17----17----17-|-20b22--20p17-20p17-----------|
G|---7b9r7p5----/18------19----19----|--------------------19\-----5-|
D|-----------7-----------------------|--------------------------7---|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
rpb
~~~~~~~
D7 A7
e|---------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
G|---7b9-7p5---5-5-7-5-|---5---5---5---|-5-7b9-(9)-(9)r7-7p5----------|
D|-----------7---------|-7---7---7---7-|------------------------5--6--|
A|---------------------|---------------|---------------------7--------|
E|---------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
Verse 4
rpb
co co co co ~~~~~~~
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|------------7b9--(9)--|
D|----7----7--------5--6--|--7----7--------------|----------------------|
A|---------------7--------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
rpb rpb rpb
~~~~ wide vibrato ~~~~ co co
D7
e|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----(9)-(9)--(9)-(9)-(9)r7\5--|--5----5--------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------------|--4----4--------------|----------------------|
A|------------------------------|--5----5--------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
bss bss
A7 E7
e|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
G|----7b9--7--5--------|--7b9--7--5--------|----------------------|
D|---------------7--5--|-------------7--5--|----------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--7----7--------3--4--|
E|---------------------|-------------------|------------/5--------|
co co co co ~~~~~ co co ~~~~
D7 A7
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------5--5--|--5h7------(7)--5--5--|--5h7-----------5--6--|
A|----5----5--------------|----------------------|------------/7--------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
co co co ~~~ co bss
e|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|------------------------|--7b9--7--5--------|--7b9--7--5--------|
D|----7----7--------5--6--|-------------7--5--|-------------7--5--|
A|--------------/7--------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Outro (harmonica & guitar)
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
D7
e|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------8p5--|--8/10------(10)------|--10------------------|
G|----7b9--7--5-------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
A7 E7
e|------------------------|----------------------|--15b17---------------|
B|----15b17---------------|--15b17---------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~ wide vibrato ~~~~~~~ slow
D7 A7
e|----15b17-----(17)------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------------|--7b9-----------------|--(9)------r7---------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
e|----------15-------15-------|-15-------15-------15----|
B|----15b17----15b17----15b17-|----15b17----15b17----15-|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
hold
bend rpb
e|-------15-------15-------15-|-------15-------15------|
B|---b17----15b17----15b17----|-15b17----15b17----(17)-|
G|----------------------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------|
D7
e|---------17-------17-------|-17-------17-------17----|
B|---15b17----15b17----15b17-|----15b17----15b17-------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A7
e|---------15-------15-------|-15-------15-------15\--|
B|---15b17----15b17----15b17-|----15b17----15b17------|
G|---------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E7 D7 A7
e|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
B|----5----5--(5)--5--5--|-\3--3----3--(3)--3--3--|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|-2------(2)--(2)------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------5/7--\5--(5)------|------5/7--\5--(5)------|
G|----2------(2)--(2)-----|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------5/7--\5--(5)------|------5/7--\5--(5)------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
D7
e|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------5/7--\5--(5)------|------5/7--\5--(5)------|------10/12--\10--(10)------|
G|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------5/7--\5--(5)------|------5/7--\5--(5)------|------10/12--\10--(10)------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
A7
e|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|--------10/12--\10--(10)------|------5/7--\5--(5)----|------5/7--\5--(5)----|
G|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|--------10/12--\10--(10)------|------5/7--\5--(5)----|------5/7--\5--(5)----|
A|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Pick up
| A7 |
Intro (harmonica solo)
| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 |
| D7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
Verse 1
A7
I was born in Chicago
A7 A7 A7
In Nineteen Forty-One
D7
I was born in Chicago
D7 A7 A7
In Nineteen Forty-One
E7
Well, my father told me
D7 A7 A7
“Son, you had better get a gun”
Verse 2
A7
Well, my first friend went down
A7 A7 A7
When I was seventeen years old
D7
Well, my first friend went down
D7 A7 A7
When I was seventeen years old
E7 D7
Well, there’s one thing I can say about that boy
A7 A7
He got bold
Harmonica solo
| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 |
| D7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
Verse 3
A7
Well, my second friend went down
A7 A7 A7
When I was twenty-one years of age
D7
Well, my second friend went down
D7 A7 A7
When I was twenty-one years of age
E7 D7
Well, there’s one thing I can say about that boy
A7 A7
He got dead
Guitar solo
| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 |
| D7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
Verse 4
A7
Well, my rules are all right
A7 A7 A7
If there’s someone left to play the game
D7
Well, my rules are all right
D7 A7 A7
If there’s someone left to play the game
E7
All my friends are goin’
D7 A7 A7
And things just don’t seem the same
A7 A7
Oh, things just don’t seem the same, baby
A7 A7
Outro (harmonica & guitar)
| D7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 |
| D7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7 |
| D7 | D7 | A7 | A7 |
I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one
I was born in Chicago at 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 17 years old
Well, 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
Well, 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 thing's just don't seem the same
Oh, thing's just don't seem the same, babe
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
mu mute
b bend
pb pre-bend
rpb repeat pre-bend
co cut off
pr partial release
bss bend slightly sharp
bsf bend slightly flat
~~ vibrato
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