Birmingham Randy Newman
...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:
Got a [C]wife,[G9] got a [C7]family,
[F] Earn my [F/E]livin' with my [D7]hand.
I'm a [C]roller, in a [Am]steel mill,
[D7] In down-[G7]town Birming-[C]ham.[G7]
Verse 2:
[C] My [G9]daddy, was a [C7]barber,
[F] And a [F/E]most un-[D7]sightly man.
He was [C]born in In Tusca-[Am]loosa,
But he [D7]died right [G7]here in Birming-[C]ham.[G7]
Chorus 1:
[C] Birmingham, [F]Birmingham,
[C] The greatest [Am]city in [D7]Ala-[G7]bam'.
[C] You can [C7]travel 'cross this [F]en-[F/E]tire [D7]land,
But there ain't [C]no place like [G]Birming-[C]ham.
Interlude:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
Bridge 1:
[C] Wife's named Mary, but she's called Marie,
[F] We live in a three room house with a[C] pepper tree.
I [F]work all [F/E]day in the [D7]factory;
That's al-[G]right with me.[G7]
Verse 4:
[C] Got a big black [G9]dog, whose name is [C7]Dan,
[F] Lives in my [F/E]backyard, in [D7]Birmingham.
[C] He's the meanest [E7]dog in [Am]Alabam';
[D7] Get 'em Dan![G7]
Chorus 2:
[C] Birmingham, [F]Birmingham,
[C] The greatest [Am]city in [D7]Ala-[G7]bam'.
[C] You can [C7]travel 'cross this [F]en-[F/E]tire [D7]land,
But there ain't [C]no place like [G]Birming-[C]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]
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[C7] [F/E] [D7] [Am] [E7]
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