Randy Newman - Birmingham

      

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 Birmingham - Randy Newman

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 Tuning: Standard
 
 Randy Newman
 Birmingham (1974)
 (Randy Newman)

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 CHORDS
 
 e-B-G-D-A-E
 Esus4/F# 0-0-2-2-x-2
 E/G# 0-0-1-2-x-4
 E/B 0-0-1-2-2-x
 E/C# 0-0-1-2-4-x
 Ab/C x-1-1-1-3-x

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 INTRO
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       E    Esus4/F# E/G#  E7 
 Got a wife, got a family
 A        E/G#           F#7 
  Earn my livin' with my hand
       E/B         E/C#      
 I'm a roller in a steel mill
 F#7     B7          E  B7 
  In downtown Birmingham
 
 E   Esus4/F#    E/G#  E7 
  My daddy was a barber
 A      E/G#   F#7        
  And a most unsightly man
        E/B          E/C# 
 He was born in Tuscaloosa
 F#7                B7             E  B7 
  But he died right here in Birmingham
 
 E      E/G# A      A/C# 
 Birmingham, Birmingham
 E/B           E/C#    F# B7  
  The greatest city in Alabam'
 E        E/G#               A E/G# F#7 
  You can travel 'cross this entire land
             E/B           B7     E  
 There ain't no place like Birmingham
 
 | E | A E | E | F#7 B7 | E | A E | E B7 | E | % | % | % |
 
 E                               E           
  My wife's named Mary but she's called Marie
 A             A/C#                    E          
  We live in a three room house with a pepper tree
   A        C#7        F#                B7           
 I work all day in the factory, that's alright with me
 
 E                Esus4/F# E/G#       E7 
  Got a big black dog, his name is Dan
 A            E/G#        F#7       
  Lives in my backyard in Birmingham
          E/B     Ab/C   C#m       F#7        B7 
 He's the meanest dog in Alabam' - Get 'em Dan
 
 E      E/G# A      A/C# 
 Birmingham, Birmingham
 E/B           E/C#    F# B7  
  The greatest city in Alabam'
 E        E/G#               A E/G# F#7 
  You can travel 'cross this entire land
             E/B           B7     E  
 There ain't no place like Birmingham
 
 | E | A E | E | F#7 B7 | E | A E | E B7 | E