...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:

Got a ^Cwife,^G9 got a ^C7family;^F earn my ^F/Elivin' with my ^D7hand. I'm a ^Croller, in a ^Amsteel mill,^D7 in down-^G7town Birming-^Cham.^G7

Verse 2:

^C My ^G9daddy, was a ^C7barber;^F and a ^F/Emost un-^D7sightly man. He was ^Cborn in In Tusca-^Amloosa, But he ^D7died right ^G7here in Birming-^Cham.^G7

Chorus 1:

^C Birmingham, ^FBirmingham; ^C The greatest ^Amcity in ^D7Ala-^G7bam'. ^C You can ^C7travel 'cross this ^Fen-^F/Etire ^D7land, But there ain't ^Cno place like ^GBirming-^Cham.

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 We live in a three room house with a^C pepper tree. I ^Fwork all ^F/Eday in the ^D7factory; that's al-^Gright with me.^G7

Verse 4:

^C Got a big black ^G9dog, whose name is ^C7Dan, ^F Lives in my ^F/Ebackyard, in ^D7Birmingham. ^C He's the meanest ^E7dog in ^AmAlabam';^D7 get 'em Dan!^G7

Chorus 2:

^C Birmingham, ^FBirmingham, ^C The greatest ^Amcity in ^D7Ala-^G7bam'. ^C You can ^C7travel 'cross this ^Fen-^F/Etire ^D7land, But there ain't ^Cno place like ^GBirming-^Cham.

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 xx2010 xx0212 x02210 020100 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Randy Newman - Birmingham