Birmingham, Alabama Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G]
[C]Daddy worked

[Verse 1]
[G]a dollar
[C]twenty -five an [G]hour till he died
[C]Com[G]pany paid the und[C]ertaker,
[G]oh mama cried
[C]Jes[G]us, what's gonna hap[C]
pen now? I star[G]ted to pray
[C]Jes[G]us says you'll be sho[C]veling
coal to your [G]dying [C]day in
Birming[D]ham,
[C]Ala[F]bama[D][G][C][G]
[C]Sister cal[G]led last
[C]Christmas
Eve from all
[G]New
Orleans
[C]Tel[G]ling us she's a wor[C]king girl,
you know [G]what she means
[C]Cou[G]nty said little bro[C]ther have to
start [G]school from the farm
[C]Till he [G]gets in my par[C]ent's shoes,
won't be [G]no school at [C]all in
Birmingham,
[D]Ala[C]bam[F]a, yeah[D][G][C][G][C]
[G]Mama tell me, get your[C]self a wife,
[G]being alone ain't no [C]fun
More [G]unlikely,
Mama [C]knows, our [G]days are about [C]done
[G]Nobody's hom[C]e now to
take [G]care of the child
[C]Childre[G]n have a way of get[C]ting
old af[G]ter a [C]while in
Birming[D]ham,[C]
[F]Alabama, [D]yea[G]h[C][G][C][G][C][G]
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[D][G]
[C]Alabama, yea[G]h
[C]Daddy [G]worked a dollar twe[C]nty -five an hou[G]r
till he died
[C]Com[G]pany paid the und[C]ertaker,
[G]oh, mama cried
[C]Jes[G]us, what's gonna hap[C]
pen now? I star[G]ted to [C]pray
Je[G]sus says you'll be [C]shuffling
coal to your [G]dying day
[C]In
Birmingham,
[D]Ala[C]bama

[Outro 1]
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