...BIRMINGHAM... by Randy Newman ----------------................ *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: 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: --------------- 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)