Chords for Voices Raised: "Hello Birmingham" by Ani Difranco

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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] I have a dream
_ _ _ Now! _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[G] [Bb] Hold me down
_ [Gm]
I'm _ [F] floating [Eb] away _
[Bb] Into the old kiss [C] skies
Of my _ [Gm] hometown
On election [Eb] day _ _
[Dm] [Gm] What is it about _ Birmingham?
[Gb] That I hate them? _
What [F] is it about [Eb] Buffalo? _ _
[G] That the hate [Bb]-filled
Want [Gm] to build bunkers
[Gb] In your beautiful [Gm] red earth
[F] They want to build them
[Eb] In our [Bb] shiny white snow
And [Eb] now I've drawn
[Gm] Close [F] the curtain _
[Eb] These little books
[G] Where [D] the truth has no place
To stand [Eb] and I am feeling
[Gm] Oh, [F] so powerless
In this [Eb] stupid booth
With [Gm] this useless little [F] lever
In my head and [G] outside
[C] My city is [Gm] praising
For [Eb] the next killing [G] thing
Standing by the bridge
And [Eb] praying for the next
Dr.
Martin
[Dm] It _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] was just [Bb] one [Gm] shot
[Gb] _ [Gm] Through the kitchen [F] _ _
[Eb] window
_ _ [Dm] It was just [Bb] one or two [Gm] miles from here
[Gb] A [Gm] few flew [F] by [Eb] like
To a [Gm] Halloween
A bullet came to visit a doctor
[Gb] In [Gm] his one [F] safe [Eb] Place
A [G] _ [Bb] bullet ensuring the right [Gm] to life
Whizzed [Gb] past his kid and [Gm] his wife
And knocked [F] his glasses [Eb] right off his face
And the blood [Gm] poured off [F] the pulpit
Yeah, [Eb] the blood [Gm] poured down the [G] picket lines
And [Eb] the hatred [Gm] was [D] immediate
Yeah, the [Eb] vengeance [G] was [F] divine
So they [D] went down [C] _
[Gm] the barrel [Eb] of a [G] gun
And after [F] him they stuffed [Eb] his arm They stuck _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] Hello, [Gb] Birmingham _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] Buffalo
[Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Bb] I heard you had [Cm] some trouble down [Gb] there again
[Gm] Just [F] calling to let you [Eb] know
Somebody understands
I was [Gm] once escorted
Through [F] the doors of a clinic [Eb] by a man
[Gm] In a [F] bulletproof vest
And [Eb] no bombs [Gm] went off that [G] day
So I am still here to [Eb] say
Birmingham, [Gm] I'm wishing you [G] all
Of my best
[Eb] Oh, Birmingham, [Gm] I'm wishing [F] you all
[C] Of my best
[Eb] Oh, Birmingham, [Gm] I'm wishing [D] you all
Of my best [Eb] on
This
_ Election _ _
Day
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[A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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