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Randy Newman - Birmingham Chords

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Birmingham Chords

(ver. 3)
Randy Newman
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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
| E | A E | E B7 | E |


      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
            
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