Born In Chicago Lyrics - Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Paul Butterfield

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 seventeen years old 

Well, my first friend went down 

When I was seventeen 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 twenty one years of age 

Well, my second friend went down 

When I was twenty one 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