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Birmingham - Randy Newman
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Randy Newman
Birmingham (1974)
(Randy Newman)
From: "Good Old Boys"
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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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Got a wife, got a family
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Earn my livin' with my hand
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I'm a roller in a steel mill
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In downtown Birmingham
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My daddy was a barber
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And a most unsightly man
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He was born in Tuscaloosa
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But he died right here in Birmingham
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Birmingham, Birmingham
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The greatest city in Alabam'
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You can travel 'cross this entire land
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There ain't no place like Birmingham
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My wife's named Mary but she's called Marie
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We live in a three room house with a pepper tree
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I work all day in the factory, that's alright with me
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Got a big black dog, his name is Dan
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Lives in my backyard in Birmingham
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He's the meanest dog in Alabam' - Get 'em Dan
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Birmingham, Birmingham
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The greatest city in Alabam'
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You can travel 'cross this entire land
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There ain't no place like Birmingham
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