Birmingham Road chords by Jeff Black

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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St.  (C major) 
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Christopher swing (D major) s from the silver  (E minor) chain
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As he  (C major) jumps through the
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dash (D major) board light  (E minor) 
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Run (C major) nin' with  (D major) the angels
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in the power (E minor) train
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Out  (C major) here on the edge  (D major) of the night  (E minor) 
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Rollin'  (C major) through the dark (D major) ness,
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the mad  (E minor) dog bites
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From  (C major) one bright light  (G major) cut to  (E minor) the cold
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 (C major) Radio plays  (D major) the same  (E minor) old relays
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And we've  (C major) got to get young  (D major) to get old  (E minor) 
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Fly  (C major) through the fields of my heaven
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Where the  (D major) red -eye and
the hawthorn grow
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Take  (C major) me  (D major) back to the beginning,
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 (E minor) baby
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Lead me down  (D major) the burning half  (E minor) -road
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Take  (C major) me  (D major) back to the beginning,
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 (E minor) baby
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Lead  (F sharp minor) me down the burning  (D major) half
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 (C major) -road  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Right  (C major) down to the  (D major) wire,
Mr.
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 (E minor) Weedraw, the line between mid
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 (C major) night and the  (D major) light of the day  (E minor) 
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The  (C major) full moon dies  (D major) where
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Ulysses  (E minor) cries,
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so  (C major) darkness can  (D major) never wait  (E minor) 
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It's the  (C major) first time that I  (D major) held her, the first  (E minor) time that I touched her,
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it's the  (C major) last time I  (D major) heard her sing  (E minor) 
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Out  (C major) from  (D major) under the sweet
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 (E minor) song of surrender
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Out  (C major) from  (D major) under the  (E minor) wave
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Flyin'  (C major) through the fields of my heaven
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With a  (D major) red -eye and a hawthorn grow
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Take  (C major) me back to  (D major) the beginning,
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 (E minor) baby
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Lead  (C major) me down a
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 (D major) Birmingham road  (E minor) 
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Take  (C major) me  (D major) back to the beginning,  (E minor) baby,
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lead  (F sharp minor) me down a  (D major) burning path  (C major) road  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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She came to me  (D major) in mov (C major) ing dreams,
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sweet  (E minor) visions  (D major) at the wheel
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 (C major) I  close my  (D major) eyes to sweet  (C major) surprise,
Oh
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 (E minor) God,  (D major) please make this real.  (C major) 
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 (E minor) Run  (D major) over field (C major) s of clover,
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 (E minor) High  (D major) above the trees.  (C major) 
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The  (E minor) child  (D major) as king is everything,  (C major) 
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So I  (E minor) do  just  (D major) as I please.  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Dancing  (C major) with  (D major) the devil's dog
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 (E minor) I push my  (C major) sin (D major) s
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away with the  (E minor) wine
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I'm  (C major) walk (D major) ing on the wine  (E minor) 
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I'm  (C major) running for  (D major) my life  (E minor) 
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When I  (C major) get down  (D major) to the garden  (E minor) 
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I  (C major) circle  (D major) over the skull  (E minor) 
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I'm  (C major) falling,  (D major) I'm drifting
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I'm  (E minor) losing my direction, dear
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Lord,  (C major)  (D major) I'm coming home  (E minor) 
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Flyin'  (C major) through the fields of night
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With a  (D major) red -eye and a hawthorn grove
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Take me back to the beginning,  (E minor) baby
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And  (C major) lead me  (D major) down
Birmingham
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Road  (E minor) 
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Take  (C major) me  (D major) back to the beginning,
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 (E minor) baby
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And  (F sharp minor) lead  me down
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Birmingham  (D major) 
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Road  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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I'm  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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Thank  (C major) you for  (D major)  (E minor) 
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you