Shawn James - Chicago: chords

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I come from a land where the winters are long and
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cold
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Where the ice crawls over the lake
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and the strong winds blow
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Where old men are tough and tell tales of old
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A sore back for a hard day's work used
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to feed their souls

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Chicago, I never knew I'd miss you till
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I left and came back
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Chicago, I never knew how much
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I'd miss you till I left and came back

My father was a steel working man
With an old-style in his hand he used
to stomp across these lands
We buried him here between Roosevelt and 110
I still visit his grave every now and then

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I used to lay my head where kings and
stones held ground
The warring in these streets, it still
makes an awful sound
Innocence wouldn't stray their rounds
Bullets broke the windows as our bodies
hit the ground

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It took a while to understand these facts
That made me who I am and gave me insight to react
Now I stand proud in being from this land
And maybe you can learn from my experience firsthand

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