Born In Chicago
Composer(s): Nick Gravenites
Originally performed by: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Covered by various other artists



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 
All my friends are going and these years don't seem the same 
Oh, they just don't seem the same, baby