Birmingham Chords by Amanda Marshall
Tempo:
92.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
Am
G
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[C]
[D]
[C] Yeah, yeah, yeah,
[D] yeah.
[C] Virgil Spencer's got a 19-wound shit [C] patchy,
[D] and many demons lingering.
[C] Friday night he pulled a gun to change the [D] channel,
something [C] that he [D] picked up from the king.
[Gm] His wife remembers well the man [D] she knew.
[Gm] Seems to dream she [Bm] had a falter, black and blue.
[Am] She's way past [G] thirty,
[F] in time [Em] for tea.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
[Am] looking for [G] the fallen [D] man,
[Am] out beyond the [G] lights of [C] [D] Birmingham.
[C]
It's 3 a.m. and Virgil's passed out on the sofa,
[D]
with the tin beam on the floor.
[G] [C]
She's packed her bag, she swoops the keys out of his [D] pocket.
She's careful not to slam the door.
[C] And as [Gm] she drives she rubs her [D] rosary.
[C] She's never been so all alone,
[Bm] she's never felt so free.
[Am] She's got miles to [G] go,
[F] find her faith [Em] and hope.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for [C] the [D] fallen man,
[Am] out beyond the [G] lights of [C] [G]
[C] [D] Birmingham.
[F#] [C]
[D]
[C] As the rain falls down upon the [D]
interstate,
[C] [Gm] any doubt she [Bm] had are all but washed [Am] away,
when on her [G]
back,
[F] that's [Em] Birmingham.
First [D] there's another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for [C]
[D] the fallen man,
[Am] out beyond the [C] lights of [D] Birmingham.
Another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for the fallen [D] man,
[Am] out beyond the lights [G] of Birmingham.
[C] [D] Birmingham,
[C]
[D]
Birmingham,
yeah,
[C]
[D]
yeah,
[C]
[D]
[C]
someday soon,
[D] baby, someday soon,
yeah, someday [C] soon,
yeah,
[D]
keep [C] on driving,
keep [D] on driving, baby, yeah.
[C] Another chance,
another chance.
[D] [C]
[C]
[D]
[C] Yeah, yeah, yeah,
[D] yeah.
[C] Virgil Spencer's got a 19-wound shit [C] patchy,
[D] and many demons lingering.
[C] Friday night he pulled a gun to change the [D] channel,
something [C] that he [D] picked up from the king.
[Gm] His wife remembers well the man [D] she knew.
[Gm] Seems to dream she [Bm] had a falter, black and blue.
[Am] She's way past [G] thirty,
[F] in time [Em] for tea.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
[Am] looking for [G] the fallen [D] man,
[Am] out beyond the [G] lights of [C] [D] Birmingham.
[C]
It's 3 a.m. and Virgil's passed out on the sofa,
[D]
with the tin beam on the floor.
[G] [C]
She's packed her bag, she swoops the keys out of his [D] pocket.
She's careful not to slam the door.
[C] And as [Gm] she drives she rubs her [D] rosary.
[C] She's never been so all alone,
[Bm] she's never felt so free.
[Am] She's got miles to [G] go,
[F] find her faith [Em] and hope.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for [C] the [D] fallen man,
[Am] out beyond the [G] lights of [C] [G]
[C] [D] Birmingham.
[F#] [C]
[D]
[C] As the rain falls down upon the [D]
interstate,
[C] [Gm] any doubt she [Bm] had are all but washed [Am] away,
when on her [G]
back,
[F] that's [Em] Birmingham.
First [D] there's another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for [C]
[D] the fallen man,
[Am] out beyond the [C] lights of [D] Birmingham.
Another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for the fallen [D] man,
[Am] out beyond the lights [G] of Birmingham.
[C] [D] Birmingham,
[C]
[D]
Birmingham,
yeah,
[C]
[D]
yeah,
[C]
[D]
[C]
someday soon,
[D] baby, someday soon,
yeah, someday [C] soon,
yeah,
[D]
keep [C] on driving,
keep [D] on driving, baby, yeah.
[C] Another chance,
another chance.
[D] [C]
Key:
D
C
Am
G
Gm
D
C
Am
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Yeah, yeah, _ yeah, _
_ _ _ [D] _ yeah. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Virgil Spencer's got a 19-wound shit [C] patchy,
[D] _ and many demons lingering.
_ _ [C] _ Friday night he pulled a gun to change the [D] channel,
something [C] that he [D] picked up from the king.
_ [Gm] His wife remembers well the man [D] she knew.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Seems to dream she [Bm] had a falter, black and blue.
[Am] She's way past [G] thirty,
_ _ [F] in time _ [Em] for tea.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
_ [Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
[Am] looking for [G] the fallen [D] man,
_ [Am] out beyond the [G] lights of _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Birmingham.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
It's 3 a.m. and Virgil's passed out on the sofa,
[D] _
with the tin beam on the floor.
_ [G] _ [C]
She's packed her bag, she swoops the keys out of his [D] pocket. _
She's careful not to slam the door.
_ [C] And as [Gm] she drives she rubs her [D] rosary.
_ _ [C] She's never been so all alone,
[Bm] she's never felt so free.
[Am] She's got miles to [G] _ go,
_ [F] find her _ faith [Em] and hope.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon. _
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] _ for [C] the [D] fallen man, _
[Am] out beyond the [G] lights of [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [D] Birmingham. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] As the rain falls down upon the [D]
interstate,
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] any doubt she [Bm] had are all but washed [Am] away,
when on her _ [G]
back,
_ [F] that's _ _ [Em] Birmingham.
_ First [D] there's another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
_ [Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for _ [C]
[D] the fallen man,
_ [Am] out beyond the [C] lights of [D] Birmingham.
_ Another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
_ [Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for the fallen [D] _ man,
[Am] out beyond the lights [G] of _ Birmingham.
_ [C] _ [D] Birmingham,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Birmingham,
_ yeah,
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
yeah,
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
someday soon,
_ _ _ _ [D] baby, someday soon,
_ _ _ _ yeah, someday [C] soon,
_ _ _ yeah,
[D] _
keep _ _ _ _ [C] on driving,
_ _ _ _ keep [D] on driving, baby, yeah.
_ _ _ [C] Another chance,
_ another chance.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Yeah, yeah, _ yeah, _
_ _ _ [D] _ yeah. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Virgil Spencer's got a 19-wound shit [C] patchy,
[D] _ and many demons lingering.
_ _ [C] _ Friday night he pulled a gun to change the [D] channel,
something [C] that he [D] picked up from the king.
_ [Gm] His wife remembers well the man [D] she knew.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Seems to dream she [Bm] had a falter, black and blue.
[Am] She's way past [G] thirty,
_ _ [F] in time _ [Em] for tea.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
_ [Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
[Am] looking for [G] the fallen [D] man,
_ [Am] out beyond the [G] lights of _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Birmingham.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
It's 3 a.m. and Virgil's passed out on the sofa,
[D] _
with the tin beam on the floor.
_ [G] _ [C]
She's packed her bag, she swoops the keys out of his [D] pocket. _
She's careful not to slam the door.
_ [C] And as [Gm] she drives she rubs her [D] rosary.
_ _ [C] She's never been so all alone,
[Bm] she's never felt so free.
[Am] She's got miles to [G] _ go,
_ [F] find her _ faith [Em] and hope.
First [D] there's [Am] another chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon. _
[Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] _ for [C] the [D] fallen man, _
[Am] out beyond the [G] lights of [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [D] Birmingham. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] As the rain falls down upon the [D]
interstate,
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] any doubt she [Bm] had are all but washed [Am] away,
when on her _ [G]
back,
_ [F] that's _ _ [Em] Birmingham.
_ First [D] there's another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
_ [Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for _ [C]
[D] the fallen man,
_ [Am] out beyond the [C] lights of [D] Birmingham.
_ Another [Am] chance,
[C] a [D] short of death soon.
_ [Am] Shining like the [C] elephant [D] in the woods,
looking [Am] for the fallen [D] _ man,
[Am] out beyond the lights [G] of _ Birmingham.
_ [C] _ [D] Birmingham,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Birmingham,
_ yeah,
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
yeah,
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
someday soon,
_ _ _ _ [D] baby, someday soon,
_ _ _ _ yeah, someday [C] soon,
_ _ _ yeah,
[D] _
keep _ _ _ _ [C] on driving,
_ _ _ _ keep [D] on driving, baby, yeah.
_ _ _ [C] Another chance,
_ another chance.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _