Graham Nash - Chicago Lyrics
So your brother's bound and gagged
And they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to Chicago just to sing?
In a land that's known as freedom
How can such a thing be fair?
We can change the world
Rearrange the world
It's dying
To get better
Politicians, sit yourselves down
There's nothing for you here
Won't you please come to Chicago for a ride?
Don't ask Jack to help you
Won't you please come to Chicago or else join the other side?
(We can change) Yes, we can change the world
(Rearrange) Rearrange the world (It's dying)
If you believe in justice (It's dying)
And if you believe in freedom (It's dying)
Let a man live his own life (It's dying)
Rules and regulations, who needs them?
Open up the door
Somehow people must be free
I hope the day comes soon
Won't you please come to Chicago? Show your face
From the bottom of the ocean
To the mountains of the moon
Won't you please come to Chicago? No one else can take your place
(We can change) Yes, we can change the world
(Rearrange) Rearrange the world (It's dying)
If you believe in justice (It's dying)
And if you believe in freedom (It's dying)
Let a man live his own life, yeah (It's dying)
Rules and regulations, who needs them?
Open up the door
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Graham Nash Chicago Comments
who doesn't like this song?? smh
Amazing song an amazing use of sample by Kanye on b Sigel the truth...
I was demonstrating at the Democratic Convention in Chicago 1968. Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Graham Nash was a true OG to come up with that beat
I HOPE YOU GOTTA EXTRA MIC AND A FIREPROOF BOOTH
CUZ YOU KNOW I’M KNOWN TO MELT A WIRE OR 2
Consider this as a invitation, to my gangsta nation...
I wish someone would post the version of "Chicago" from the "4 Way Street" album!
It has been posted on here. My fav version.
Is this actually Reggae?
It's dying 😭 ,( to get better
The truth by beanie sigel brought me here
my father listed this music when he was young and i tought BROOOOO thats lit
for ever splendid
In 1999, rapper/producer Kanye West and Beanie Sigel sampled Chicago on the single "The Truth"; in 2003, Westside Connection used the same sample for their single, Gangsta Nation. Graham Nash is the real OG!!!
Graham Nash–vocals, guitar, piano, organ, tambourine
Chris Ethridge–bass
Johnny Barbata–drums, tambourine
Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison, Rita Coolidge–backing vocals
amazing!!!!
Consider this an invitation to the gangsta nation
God I love this music!!!!
Homicide brought me here
So your brother's bound and gagged and they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to Chicago just to sing
In a land that's known as freedom how can such a thing be fair
Won't you please come to Chicago for the help that we can bring
We can change the world
Rearrange the world
It's dying
To get better
Politicians sit yourselves down there's nothing for you here
Won't you please come to Chicago for a ride
Don't ask Jack to help you 'cause he'll turn the other ear
Won't you please come to Chicago or else join the other side
We can change the world
Rearrange the world
It's dying
If you believe in justice
If you believe in freedom
Let a man live his own life
Rules and regulations who needs them
Open up the door
Somehow people must be free I hope the day comes soon
Won't you please come to Chicago show your face
From the bottom of the ocean to the mountains of the moon
Won't you please come to Chicago no one else can take your place
We can change the world
Rearrange the world
It's dying
If you believe in justice
If you believe in freedom
Let a man live his own life
Rules and regulations who needs them.
"Alkpote l'envahisseur" même prod
グラハムナッシュプリズンソングかけて
En el circo el es el payaso
-Jony B.
RPZ Alkpote ! Sucez
Le Grand Aigle - L'envahisseur
i am here for GN!
I'm here cause this remake beat https://youtu.be/nyHMxGemxEk
Hola, muy especial sr GRAHAM NASH mis recuerdos en el liceo en 1974, 75, 76 y masss desde VENEZUELA con mucho cariño DIOS con Nosotros.. Saludos.. Mi pana..
First time I heard this shit blew my mind
Kanye... please make another track from this ... your original intention. Highlight Chicago... as you wanted... chicago artists... none else.... fofus on the issues... not just the violence...
Kanye West REALLY be digging in them crates
It’s Kanye not Beanie, kanye made this that beat by sampling this song.
Steez Ortiz
Here because of Qwel and Maker's Welcome To Chicago
screw the d wayde commercial,this is a great classic gold
G unit your not ready
Chi-town born and raised. The changes I have seen amaze me. I want the old city back.
epico e unico ,,,,,,,,,,,un contemporaneo inno ììììììì panta stin kardia moi ,,,,,,,,,,
I was in a foster home my foster parents where teachers and part of a teacher's union. I was going to another school that has already dropped its dress code for men could grow the hair as long as they wanted. women could wear jeans or minie skirts or dresses. so I wrote it song for high school that did not allow students to grow their hair long. using this song my lead line was. so you're brother is kick out of school and made him cut his hair. won't you come to CJ just to see in a land of freedom how can this be fair
I went on with the song and told the students the song could be sung by the same music to this song Chicago. it was a long after that that I was kicked out of web City School in Missouri. my foster family found out that I wrote it I was one who gave it to the students and call junction. they told me teacher stand together. it was then I understood government school are not there to educate they are there to Brian wash students not to teach
Jony b vs arkano :v
Mac Rapert Music jaja
PHILLY!!!
30 thumbs down? Who's this ISIS headhunters with negative?
Chicago events, along with JFK and Bobby being killed ,changed everything for me.
RFK was the Tecumseh of US politics. Once he was killed, all hope was lost
My concience brought me here. This song needs to come back.
Beans!!!!!!
La del estribo, Apa y Can.
EPA chief Scott Pruitt needs to be removed from office. Please help ! Call your mayor, your town counselors , your state reps. your governor, your fed reps and senators, call your newspaper. Raise your voice
We can change the world
Perfect timing for this lost gem...sing it every day
Alkpote !
Alkpote l'envahisseur brought me here
Consider this an invitation to my Gangsta Nation
FIRE imam imamuelle
I remember this song when I was little and I always liked it. of course I had no idea what it was about back then.
Beanie Siegel ThaTruth produced by Kanye west sample this song.
Clase de cancion.
I didnt like it
Does it get better?
play free bird
the truth
1968 Democratic Convention held in Chicago Resist and Survive Trump!
go dallas mavericks! bulls trash
Forgot all about this song. On way back in
apartment from mailbox, and this song came to
mind. lol
who here from kyrie earving commericial?
Offended Badly Then Unsubscribed dwayne wade commercial dumbass
WizardPlays 😂😂😂 you don't even know your NFL players and you are calling me the dumbass. get out of here dude
First of all it's Dwayne Wade also Irving is spelled I-r-v-I-n-g
i hope you got a extra mic... and a 🔥🔥🔥 proof booth
I'm here from the dwane wade commercial
who else is here because of the dwyane wade commercial
dwade and chaz ortiz
Gatorade commercial brought me here.
JUNIX Dwayne Wade Gatorade?
dwade gatorade commercial hmu
Who's here because ofDwayne wade
Divisiongamer7 Pro stfu
Divisiongamer7 Pro me
I'm here from the dwane wade ad
who's here from the d wayde commercial
Finga savage larry meh
Dwayne wade
I got the Dwayne wade commercial right before this
hello brother
Here because of the D-Wade commercial
Nick Gutierrez lol me 2
lol me too
me too Lol
Nick Gutierrez Same. And this is low-key the shit!!😂
Nick Gutierrez I got the commercial before the vid
pupupupupute
this song, it's my 'deal
Tom Hayden, 1939-2016. :-(
Don't ask Don to help you 'cause he'll turn the other ear.
one of the best worship nash
Two more conventions this year.
Genius lasts for decades.
I wonder how many people went to Chicago because of this song and then spent the next few years in Joliet?
I have an American friend who was born and brought up in Chicago, same age as me (56) who is totally unaware of the situation as to why this song came about.
He was only asking Crosby, Stills & Young to come, to help him with the protest.
Why were they protesting anyway? Was it because of Robert Kennedy's assassination? Isn't that where this happened? Not so sure? Oh, yeah there was a black guy arrested and they did really chain him to a chair, each time he shouted back at them, they used Gitzmo-like techniques on him, nearly killing him, by militant torture. That was a very bad time in American history, a lot of violent assassinations of important civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. Both Kennedy's were assassinated, JFK, RFK. Marilyn Monroe's death was clearly as suspicious as well. The timing of it, particularly. She died about a year before JFK. Everyone knew she was having an affair with President Kennedy. Her death was told to the public as being a suicide, but, evidence that was found on the scene depicted otherwise, and a lot of it went untold by the press. Some believe she was killed and it was used as a cover-up. For instance, I know this sounds pretty gross, but thus carries a lot of weight, that Monroe had ingested barbituates which were administered to her anally via enema. Now unless you really know how to do this, or are a medical professional, this is such an invasive procedure, that there's no way that anybody could inflict it upon themselves and then die as a result of it. Enemas are hard to use even just for an occasional bout of constipation, thank God today, they have so many better and more healthier ways to treat chronic constipation. Don't mean to get off topic a bit here, there's been many books written over the last several decades by those closest to Marilyn Monroe who have confirmed such facts.
They were protesting the Vietnam war during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The 1960s was an extremely traumatic decade.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-at-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago
50 years on not much has changed....
What brought me here was the terrible remxing/remastering from the 'Songs for beginners' mix as can be heard on iTunes. This YT clip sounds more like the original..
Happy Birthday, Graham.....loving your music forever.
Feeling down so came to listen to Graham.
The cover by David Gilmour, Bob Geldof, Gary McKinnon and Chrissie Hynde brought me here.
+MarioSonic2010 Bob Geldof? *shudder*
ALKPOTE - L'envahisseur
l'unite de feu est dans la place , tu ressent la crasse la haine la misere sans maillot de basket et sans bandanas...
The Chicago Police killed Fred Hampton
Karen The kat ZON and they didn’t stop there, good guys wear black
If you have not seen the movie about the Chicago 8, then FIND IT and WATCH IT. You talk about civil rights stomped one?? This movie shows it FIRST hand by an aging judge. This asshole, you can't even FIND him on the internet! Bound and gagged was supposed to be a 'term' to have them shut up. They literally BOUND and GAGGED him in a court of law. It was hideous to watch.
Oh, it's about the Chicago 8. That's true they did subdue the guy while he was sitting in the court room. But, unfortunately, it still was an early time in history for the civil rights movement. It took a lot to get civil rights won by anything other than a war at this time.
Who needs em
Rich overholt. Old school Russian troll 😂 you've been burned.
G unit - you`re not ready brought me here.
Beanie Sigel the truth bought me here
LOL yep
Kanye produced
@ZL That Westside clap clap
Kanye had an ear for finding songs capable to become great beats.
Can't wait to go to chicago in the summer gonna skate the crap out of it :)
The man Graham is singing about in the first line is Bobby Seale, leader of the Black Panthers who was gagged and bound to his chair by presiding judge Julius Hoffman.
U.....really have gooood memory...
@You Joker Yea, we got lucky! ;-)
@David Eig douche nozzle.
@Geoffrey Darcy Ah, a man of letters I see!
Remember that so well....
Consider this an invitation, to my gangsta nation!
Parap! Parap! ParaParap!
Gangster nation, grow up and be a man. Pull your gangster pants up and be a good role model for your illegitimate kids.
This is not an invitation for violence. Its to bring all races and colors together as one race. The human race!!!
god bless the world
Czikago.