...BIRMINGHAM... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Good Old Boys' (1974)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Intro:
C G7, F C, C G, C
Verse 1:
C G9 C7
Got a wife, got a family,
F F/E D7
Earn my livin' with my hand.
C Am
I'm a roller, in a steel mill,
D7 G7 C G7
In down-town Birming-ham.
Verse 2:
C G9 C7
My daddy, was a barber,
F F/E D7
And a most un-sightly man.
C Am
He was born in In Tusca-loosa,
D7 G7 C G7
But he died right here in Birming-ham.
Chorus 1:
C F
Birmingham, Birmingham,
C Am D7 G7
The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C C7 F F/E D7
You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
C G C
But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Interlude:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
Bridge 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/randy_newman/birmingham_crd_ver_2.html ]
C
Wife's named Mary, but she's called Marie,
F C
We live in a three room house with a pepper tree.
F F/E D7
I work all day in the factory;
G G7
That's al-right with me.
Verse 4:
C G9 C7
Got a big black dog, whose name is Dan,
F F/E D7
Lives in my backyard, in Birmingham.
C E7 Am
He's the meanest dog in Alabam';
D7 G7
Get 'em Dan!
Chorus 2:
C F
Birmingham, Birmingham,
C Am D7 G7
The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C C7 F F/E D7
You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
C G C
But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Outro:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C G7 F G G9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 323000 133211 320003 323200
C7 F/E D7 Am E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32310 x02010 xx0212 x02210 020100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
