Chords for Hello Birmingham

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_ _ [Dm] Hold [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ me down, [Gm] I am [F] floating _ [Eb] away Into the old cascades of my [Gb] hometown [Gm] on a
[F] red [Eb] day What [Dm] is it [Bb] about _ [Gm] Birmingham?
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[Gm] What is it [F] about [Eb] Buffalo? _ _
[G] That the hayfield [Bb] wanna [Gm] build bunkers in [Gb] your beautiful [Gm] red earth
They wanna [F] build them in [Eb] our [Bb] shiny white snow
Now [Eb] I've drawn [Gm] close [F] the curtains [F] of this [Eb] little booth
[Gm] Where the [D] truth has no place to stand And I [Eb] am feeling [Gm] oh [F] so powerless
In this [Eb] stupid booth with this [Gm] useless little lever [F] in my head
And [G] outside [C] my city is [Gm] praising for the [Eb] next killing [G] thing
Standing by the bridge and [Eb] praying for the next Dr.
_ Martin [Dm] Luther King _ _
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[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] It was just one [Gm] shot [Gb] through [Gm] the kitchen [F] _ _
[Eb] window
_ It was just [Bb] one or two miles [Gm] from here [Gb] A [Gm] few flew [F] down the line [Eb] like a halloween
A bullet [Bb] came to visit [Gm] a doctor [Gb] in [Gm] his one [F] safe [Eb] place
A [Gm] bullet [Bb] had shown the right to [Gm] life, whizzed past [Gb] his kid
And his [Gm] wife knocked his [F] glasses [Eb] right off his face
And the blood [Gm] poured off [G] the pulpit
[F] And the [Eb] blood poured [Gm] down the [G] picket lines
And [Eb] the hatred [Gm] was [D] immediate
_ And the [Eb] vengeance [G] was divine
[F] So they [D] went and [C] stuffed a [Gm] diamond barrel [Eb] of cocaine
[G] And after [F] him they stuffed his [Eb] arm
They stuck _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ [Bb] Hello?
[Cm] Blondie?
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[Gm] _ _ [D] It's Buffalo
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[Gm] I [Bb] heard you had [Cm] some trouble down [Gb] there again
And [Gm] I'm just [F] calling to let you know [Eb] that somebody understands
I was once [Gm] escorted through the [F] doors of a clinic [Eb] by a man
[Gm] In a bulletproof vest [F] and no [Eb] bombs [G] went off that day
So I am still here to say, [Eb] Birmingham
[Gm] I'm wishing [G] you all of my best, oh, [Eb] Birmingham
[Gm] I'm wishing [F] you all [D] of my best, oh, [Eb] Birmingham
[Gm] I'm wishing [D] you all of my best, [Eb] oh, this _ _ election Bye
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