Allister is a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1996 and were one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. Besides releasing three studio albums — 1999's Dead Ends and Girlfriends, 2002's Last Stop Suburbia, and 2005's Before the Blackout — Allister made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover. On March 6, 2007, the band announced their intention to go on hiatus. In 2010 they reunited with announce of the new album ''Countdown to Nowhere" to be released October 3rd, 2010.
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Verse 1: G#Eb 1871 was the year G#C#Eb underneath an October sky G# When a windy city man had C# set out with a plan to set G#EbG# a fire but nobody knows why G# So Pegleg headed out Eb back with a match and a G#C#Eb bucket of kerosene G# Little did he know that the C# wind would blow through G#EbG# the streets with anarchy
Refrain: C#G# Pegleg didn't have an alibi C#G# He didn't have a story to tell C# But he bought his one way G#Eb ticket straight to hell
Chorus 1: G# Cuz he burned the whole damn city Eb yeah Watched it all go down Fm Yeah he burned all of C#Eb Chicago to the ground G# yeah he burned that beautiful city Eb He torched that beautiful town Fm Yeah he burned all of C#EbG#C#G# Chicago to the ground
Verse 2: G# The Flames spread Eb fast every night While they passed through G# the alleys and the C#Eb dead end streets G# From suburban doors to C# the lakefront shore G#EbG# demolishing everything G# And pegleg never got Eb blamed for the mess made G#C#Eb Said he never broke the law G# But all that remained was C# the charred black stains G#EbG# Proving every things his fault
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Bridge: Eb Of all the books C#G#C#G# printed on his terrain Eb None raised the flag C#G#C#G# on one mans legacy Fm Now everybody C# knows the truth Fm of the stories C# being exposed Fm So Pegleg's going C#Eb down in infamy
Chorus 2: G# Cuz he burned the whole damn city Eb yeah Watched it all go down Fm Yeah he burned all of C#Eb Chicago to the ground G# yeah he burned that beautiful city Eb He torched that beautiful town Fm Yeah he burned all of C#EbG#C#G# Chicago to the ground C# Yeah he burned all of EbG#C#G# Chicago to the ground C# Yeah he burned all of EbG#C#G#(hold) Chicago to the ground