Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham easy guitar chords by Ryan Adams

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Wish 
    I was 
    a 
    painter
    , 

    char
    coal 
    and buffalo 

    Or a presidential 
    motorcade 
    where 

    the cops 
    just 
    come 
    and go 

    Return 
    me 
    to 
    the station, 

    a bus 
    and empty 
    bag 

    Fall 
    asleep 
    watching 
    the twister 

    In some 
    broken 
    down 
    motel 
    in 
    Birm

    ingham 

    Verse 2

    'Cause 
    I wish 
    I 
    was 
    a calendar, 

    num
    bers 
    and good 
    names 

    Variating s
    lightly 
    but 
    only 

    the pictures 
    ever 
    change 

    Mark 
    me 
    "return 
    to sender", 

    I'm like 
    a 
    letter 
    without 
    a stamp 

    I 
    wasn't 
    writ
    ten 
    to be 
    read 
    an
    d I 

    am 
    sleep
    less 
    in 
    this bed 

    In some 
    broken 
    down 
    motel 
    in 
    Birmingham 

    Verse 3
    Held 
    her hand 
    in 
    Old 
    Savannah, 

    marigold 
    print 
    on 
    her dress 

    Her 
    hair 
    was 
    combed 
    and 
    parted 

    like 
    a beau
    tiful 
    princess 

    I didn't 
    see 
    you 
    at 
    the 
    altar, 

    way back 
    then 
    you 
    were 
    so 
    drunk

    You were 
    washed 
    up on 
    some 
    hook
    er's 

    bed 
    behind 
    a 
    shitty 
    restaurant 

    Verse 4
    Bought 
    her pretty 
    clothes 
    and diamonds 

    Like 
    I was 
    born 
    to be 
    her man 

    We were 
    more 
    than 
    commentary 

    for 
    a cheap 
    headline 
    grab 

    So 
    when the 
    wind 
    blows 

    in 
    your window 

    'Cause 
    the storm 
    don't 
    give 
    a damn 

    Pray 
    the win
    dow don't 
    break 
    across 

    the 
    wrist 
    of 
    your 
    writing 
    hand 

    Verse 5
    On 
    a sta
    tionary 
    wet with 
    tears 
    of 

    the peoples 
    backs 
    you stab 

    When 
    you're hid
    ing 
    like 
    a robber 

    with 
    no one's 
    purse 
    to grab 

    Remem
    ber 
    me 
    stand
    ing there 

    holding 
    out 
    my 
    hand 

    In 
    a broken 
    down 
    motel 
    in Birmingham 

    Outro 1



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