Shovels & Rope - Birmingham

^GDelta Mama and a Nickajack Man ^EmRaised their Cumberland daughters in a Tennessee band ^DPlayed Springwater at Station Inn ^CCouldn't play fast, couldn't fit ^Emin

^GCaught a '66 Dodge in Caroline ^EmGot her education on her mama's dime ^DShe was singing in a bar called Comatose ^CHalfway rusted on the salty coa^Emst

^CRock of Ages, ^Gcleave for me ^CLet me h^Gide myse^Emlf in T^Ghee ^GBuried in^C the ^Emsand ^CFive hundred mi^Gles from ^DBirming^Gham

^GRockamount Cowboy in a rock and roll band ^GPlugged his amplifier in all across the l^Emand ^DAthens, Georgia on a friday night ^CSaw that little girl, she could sing al^Emright

^GSpent five years going from town to town ^GWaiting on that little girl to come ar^Emound ^DCaught in the arms of New York City ^CTo lose that gal seemed terrible pi^Emty

^CRock of Ages, c^Gleave for me ^CLet my hea^Grt forg^Emet a ^Gbeat ^GWhy do ^Cyou ^Emdemand ^CCalling me ^Gfrom ^DBirming^Gham

^EmPulled her covered wagon off the BQE ^EmSaid this'll be the last you'll ever see of ^Gme ^EmWell the cowboy laughed said I know it's not true ^EmCause there's nothing I could do to get loose from ^Gyou

^GMade a little money playing in the bars ^GWith two beat up drums and two old gui^Emtars ^CFrom the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake ^CIt ain't what you got, it's what you ^Emmake

^GWhen the road got rough and the wheels all broke ^EmCouldn't take more then we could tow ^GMaking something out of nothing with a scratcher and our hope ^CWith two old guitars like a shovel and a rop^Ge

^CRock of Ages, cl^Geave for me ^CLet me h^Gide myse^Emlf in Th^Gee ^GNow I u^Cnder^Emstand ^COn better ^Gterms since ^DBirming^Gham