Justin Townes Earle - Over Alameda Chords

[Intro]
Am  G/B  C C/E F
Am  G/B  C C/E F
 
[Verse 1]
Am      G/B            C
 Mama'd tell me of her hopes
Am            G/B             C
 And what she hoped to leave behind
Am            G/B                    C
 And what she thought that she would find
       C/E       F
Out in California
Am           G/B        C
 She'd talk about Mississippi
Am             G/B         C
 I still don’t know how it is
Am                  G/B           C
 If any place could be worse than this
     C/E        F
It's hard to believe
 
[Chorus]
           G           Em
She'd say, "Baby, if I could
           Am       F
Y'know I'd buy us a home
Em      G
Over Alameda where the green grass
Am  G/B  C  C/E   F
Grows
 
[Instrumental]
Am  G/B   C  C/E F
 
[Verse 2]
Am        G/B          C
 Now when she left the Delta
Am               G/B   C
 It was nineteen sixty six
Am          G/B   C
Come to Los Angeles
        C/E        F
She was nine years old
Am            G/B        C
And there was work to be had
Am         G/B           C
 Grandaddy worked at Firestone
Am             G/B   C
Made enough to buy a home
        C/E   F
Out in Wilmington
Am        G/B        C
 Then the jobs moved out
Am        G/B         C
Grandaddy died and we lost the house
Am             G/B    C
Moved into the Jordan Downs
C/E                 F
And been here ever since
 
[Chorus]
G                            Em
Mama'd say there's something better
          Am              F
I'd say I know that there is
Em      G
Over Alameda where the white folks
Am  G/B  C  C/E   F
Live
 
[Instrumental]
Am  G/B   C  C/E F
Am  G/B   C  C/E F
Am  G/B   C  C/E F
Am  G/B   C  C/E F
 
[Verse 3]
N.C.
97th and Laurel
N.C.               C
It's all I've ever known
Am       G/B        C
 I'm nineteen years old
     C/E      F
Just yesterday
Am   G/B         C
 And what I have seen
Am   G/B         C
     All I've discovered
           Am            G/B    C
Is there's nothing for a boy of color
C/E        F
But to fight
 
[Chorus]
G                 Em
 And I'll keep on fighting
       Am                   F
'Cause they ain't licked me yet
      Em      G
Going over Alameda like Mama
Am  G/B  C C/E F
Said
 
[Outro]
Am  G/B  C C/E F