15 Miles From Birmingham chords by The Delmore Brothers

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Verse 1
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I'm 15 miles from Birmingham
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I'm lookin' up, not lookin' down
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Ain't got a dime, just killin' time
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Can't go to Birmingham
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Can't go to Birmingham,
there's a little girl in Birmingham,
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she thinks I'm up and I am down.
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Can't go to town when I am down,
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so I won't hang around.
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So I won't hang around
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When a fella's
broke, when a fella's broke
He can't find a friend,
he can't find a friend
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Nobody's got, nobody's
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got a dime to lend
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But when he's rich, they sit in it
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Show him their money to spend
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They've all got money to spend
So little friend, so little friend
My love I send, my love I send
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I'm coming back, I'm coming back
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You're hard to win
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So sing a song,
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it won't be long till I'll be back again
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I'll ramble back again
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Just 15 miles from Birmingham
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Up on a mountain looking down
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My heavy heart is sinkin' down
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Far I can't go to town
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Far I can't go to town
I'm headin' back
I'm headin' back on down the line
On down the line
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I'm leavin' all
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I'm leavin' all my love behind
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I'm singin' all my blues away
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For me there'll come a time
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For me there'll come a time