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- Daddy was a cop
- on the east side of Chicago
- Back in the U.S.A.
- back in the bad old days
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- In the heat of a summer night
- In the land of the dollar bill
- When the town of Chicago died
- And they talk about it still
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- When a man named Al Capone
- Tried to make that town his own
- And he called his gang to war
- With the forces of the law
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- I heard my mama cry
- I heard her pray
- the night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night it really was
- Brother, what a fight it really was
- Glory be!
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- I heard my mama cry
- I heard her pray
- the night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night the people saw
- Brother, what a fight the people saw
- Yes indeed!
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- And the sound of the battle rang
- Through the streets
- of the old east side
- 'Til the last of the hoodlum gang
- Had surrendered up or died
- There was shouting in the street
- And the sound of running feet
- And I asked someone who said
- "'Bout a hundred cops are dead!"
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- I heard my mama cry
- I heard her pray
- the night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night it really was
- Brother, what a fight it really was
- Glory be!
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- I heard my mama cry
- I heard her pray
- the night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night the people saw
- Brother, what a fight the people saw
- Yes indeed!
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- And there was no sound at all
- But the clock upon the wall ...
- Then the door burst open wide
- And my daddy stepped inside
- And he kissed my mama's face
- And he brushed her tears away
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- The night Chicago died
- (Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
- The night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night the people saw
- Brother, what a fight the people saw
- Yes indeed!
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- The night Chicago died
- (Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
- The night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night it really was
- Brother, what a fight it really was
- Glory be!
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- The night Chicago died
- (Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
- The night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night the people saw
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- ........... (silent)
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- Brother, what a fight it really was
- Glory be!
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- The night Chicago died
- (Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
- The night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night the people saw
- Brother, what a fight the people saw
- Yes indeed!
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- The night Chicago died
- (Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
- The night Chicago died
- Brother, what a night it really was
- Brother, what a fight it really was
- Glory be!
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- The night Chicago died
- (Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
- The night Chicago died
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