Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Born In Chicago (Guitar)

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As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (2003 recording from the 2009 Boxset THE LIVE ANTHOLOGY - DELUXE EDITION) [Intro] G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7 [Verse 1]
G7
I was born in Chicago at nineteen and fifty-one

      C7                                      G7
I was born in Chicago at nineteen and fifty-one

                D7
Well, my father told me

C7                            G7
"Son, you had better buy a gun"

G7
Well, my first friend went down

G7
When I was only 17

               C7
Well, my first friend went down

                 G7
When I was only 17

                D7
Well, my father told me

C7                          G7
"Son, those streets are mean
[Harmonica Solo] G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7 [Guitar Solo] G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7 [Verse 2]
G7
Well, my second friend went down

G7
When I was twenty-one years of age

        C7
Yes, my second friend went down

                     G7
When I was twenty-one

              D7
And my father told me:

      C7                       G7
"Son, you ain't safe without a gun"
[Verse 3]
G7
Well, now rules are alright

G7
If there's someone left to play the game

         C7
Yes, now rules are alright

                        G7
If somebody play the game

              D7
You better be careful honey

C7                           G7
Things ain't gonna be the same
[Piano Solo] G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7 [Verse 4]
G7
I was born in Chicago  nineteen and fifty-one

      C7                                      G7
I was born in Chicago at nineteen and fifty-one

                    D7
And my mother told me

C7                         G7
"Son, you had better buy a gun"
[Outro-Guitar Solo] G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7