...BIRMINGHAM... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Good Old Boys' (1974)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: E)


Intro:

C (x32010@1)G7, F (133211@1)C, C (x32010@1)G, C (x32010@1)Verse 1:

      C (x32010@1)  G9 (x2323x@1)    C7Got (x32310@1)a wife,  got a family,
F (133211@1)      F/E (xx2211@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)Earn my livin' with my hand.
      C (x32010@1)          AmI'm (x02210@1)a roller, in a steel mill,
D7 (xx0212@1)     G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)  G7 (320001@1)In down-town Birming-ham.

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1) G9 (x2323x@1)         C7 (x32310@1)My daddy, was a barber,
F (133211@1)    F/E (xx2211@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)And a most un-sightly man.
       C (x32010@1)              AmHe (x02210@1)was born in In Tusca-loosa,
       D7 (xx0212@1)       G7 (320001@1)            C (x32010@1)  G7But (320001@1)he died right here in Birming-ham.

Chorus 1:

C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)Birmingham, Birmingham,
C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)G7 (320001@1)The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C (x32010@1)      C7 (x32310@1)               F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)D7 (xx0212@1)You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
                C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     CBut (x32010@1)there ain't no place like Birming-ham.

Interlude:

C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)C, C (x32010@1)Am, D7 (xx0212@1)G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  F (133211@1)C, C (x32010@1)G, C (x32010@1)Bridge 1:

C (x32010@1)Wife's named Mary, but she's called Marie,
F (133211@1)                                  C (x32010@1)We live in a three room house with a pepper tree.
  F (133211@1)      F/E (xx2211@1)      D7I (xx0212@1)work all day in the factory;
          G (320003@1)            G7That's (320001@1)al-right with me.

Verse 4:

C (x32010@1)              G9 (x2323x@1)               C7 (x32310@1)Got a big black dog, whose name is Dan,
F (133211@1)          F/E (xx2211@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)Lives in my backyard, in Birmingham.
C (x32010@1)               E7 (020130@1)   Am (x02210@1)He's the meanest dog in Alabam';
D7 (xx0212@1)          G7 (320001@1)Get 'em Dan!

Chorus 2:

C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)Birmingham, Birmingham,
C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)G7 (320001@1)The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C (x32010@1)      C7 (x32310@1)               F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)D7 (xx0212@1)You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
                C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     CBut (x32010@1)there ain't no place like Birming-ham.

Outro:

C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)C, C (x32010@1)Am, D7 (xx0212@1)G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  F (133211@1)C, C (x32010@1)G, C (x32010@1)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C (x32010@1)     G7 (320001@1)    F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)     G9 (x2323x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  323000  133211  320003  323200

   C7 (x32310@1)    F/E (xx2211@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)    Am (x02210@1)    E7 (020130@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32310  x02010  xx0212  x02210  020100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)