• Song:

    Birmingham

  • Artist:

    Shovels And Rope

  • Album:

    O' Be Joyful

First tab I'v put up, and I'm quite sure its correct.  Comments or concerns fitzmunroe@gmail.com



GDelta (320003@1)Mama and a Nickajack Man
EmRaised (022000@1)their Cumberland daughters in a Tennessee band
DPlayed (xx0232@1)Springwater at Station Inn
C (x32010@1)                              EmCouldn't (022000@1)play fast, couldn't fit in

GCaught (320003@1)a '66 Dodge in Caroline
EmGot (022000@1)her education on her mama's dime
DShe (xx0232@1)was singing in a bar called Comatose
C (x32010@1)                            EmHalfway (022000@1)rusted on the salty coast

C (x32010@1)           GRock (320003@1)of Ages, cleave for me
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)     
Let me hide myself in Thee
G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)  EmBuried (022000@1)in the sand
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    GFive (320003@1)hundred miles from Birmingham

GRockamount (320003@1)Cowboy in a rock and roll band
G (320003@1)                                      EmPlugged (022000@1)his amplifier in all across the land
DAthens, (xx0232@1)Georgia on a friday night
C (x32010@1)                                    EmSaw (022000@1)that little girl, she could sing alright

GSpent (320003@1)five years going from town to town
G (320003@1)                                   EmWaiting (022000@1)on that little girl to come around
DCaught (xx0232@1)in the arms of New York City
C (x32010@1)                                EmTo (022000@1)lose that gal seemed terrible pity

C (x32010@1)            GRock (320003@1)of Ages, cleave for me
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)    Em (022000@1) GLet (320003@1)my heart forget a beat
G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1) EmWhy (022000@1)do you demand
C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)      
Calling me from Birmingham

EmPulled (022000@1)her covered wagon off the BQE
Em (022000@1)                                        GSaid (320003@1)this'll be the last you'll ever see of me
Em (022000@1)           
Well the cowboy laughed said I know it's not true
Em (022000@1)                                               GCause (320003@1)there's nothing I could do to get loose from you

GMade (320003@1)a little money playing in the bars
G (320003@1)                                   EmWith (022000@1)two beat up drums and two old guitars
CFrom (x32010@1)the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake
C (x32010@1)                                  EmIt (022000@1)ain't what you got, it's what you make

HARMONICA 
G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)GWhen (320003@1)the road got rough and the wheels all broke
EmCouldn't (022000@1)take more then we could tow
GMaking (320003@1)something out of nothing with a scratcher and our hope
C (x32010@1)                                         GWith (320003@1)two old guitars like a shovel and a rope

C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)Rock of Ages, cleave for me
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)    GLet (320003@1)me hide myself in Thee
G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1) EmNow (022000@1)I understand
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)    GOn (320003@1)better terms since Birmingham


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