Birmingham, Alabama chords by 
R.b. Greaves 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Daddy worked
Verse 1
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a dollar
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twenty -five an hour till he died
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Company paid the undertaker,
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oh mama cried
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Jesus, what's gonna hap
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pen now? I star ted to pray
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Jesus says you'll be shoveling
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coal to your dying day in
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Birming ham,
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Alabama
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Sister called last
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Christmas
Eve from all
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New
Or leans
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Telling us she's a working girl,
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you know what she means
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County said little brother have to
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start school from the farm
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Till he gets in my parent's shoes,
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won't be no school at all in
Birmingham,
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Alabama, yeah
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Mama tell me, get your self a wife,
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being alone ain't no fun
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More unlikely,
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Mama knows, our days are about done
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Nobody's home now to
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take care of the child
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Chil dren have a way of getting
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old af ter a while in
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Birming ham,
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Alabama, yeah
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Alabama, yeah
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Daddy worked a dollar twenty -five an hour
till he died
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Company paid the undertaker,
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oh, mama cried
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Jesus, what's gonna hap
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pen now? I star ted to pray
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Je sus says you'll be shuffling
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coal to your dying day
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In
Birmingham,
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Alabama
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E G
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Capo: 2
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