Over Alameda chords by Justin Townes Earle
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (F major)
(A minor)
(G major) Mama'd tell me of her
Verse 1
(C major)
hopes (A minor)
What she (G major) hoped to leave be (C major) hind
(A minor) And what she thought (G major) that she (C major) would find
Out in California
(F major)
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Verse 2
(A minor) She'd talk about (G major) Mississippi
(C major) (A minor) Still don't (G major) know how it is (C major)
(A minor) Any place could (G major) be worse than this (C major)
It's hard to believe
(F major)
Verse 3
She'd say, (G major) "Baby, if I could (E minor)
"You know I'd buy (A minor) us a home (F major)
Over (E minor) Alameda (G major)
Where the green grass (A minor) grows"
(C major)
Interlude 1
(F major) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (F major)
(A minor)
Now when (G major) she left the Delta
Verse 4
(C major) (A minor) (G major)
It (C major) (A minor) was 1966
Come to Los (G major) Angeles
(C major) She was nine years (F major) old
Verse 5
(A minor) And there was (G major) work to be (C major) had
(A minor) Grandaddy worked (G major) at Firestone (C major)
(A minor) Made enough to (G major) buy a home
(C major) Out on Wilmington Aven (F major) ue
Verse 6
(F major)
Then the jobs (A minor) (G major) moved (C major) out
(A minor) Grandaddy died and (G major) we lost (C major) the house
(A minor) Moved into the Jordan (G major) Down (C major) s
Been here ever (F major) since
Verse 7
(G major) Mama'd say there's
somethings better (E minor)
I'd say I (A minor) know that there (F major) is
(E minor) Over Alameda (G major)
Where the white folks (A minor) live (G major)
Interlude 2
(C major) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major)
Verse 8
97th and (F major) (A minor) Lowell
(C major) (E minor) It's (C major) all I've ever known (G major) (C major)
(A minor) I'm nineteen (G major) years old (C major)
Just yesterday
(F major)
Verse 9
(A minor)
From (G major) what I have seen (C major) (A minor)
(G major) All I've discovered (C major)
Is there's nothing (A minor) for a (G major) boy (C major) of color
But to fight
(F major)
Verse 10
(G major)
And I'l keep on fight (E minor) ing
'Cause (A minor) they ain't worked me (F major) yet
Going (E minor) over Alameda (G major)
Outro 1
Like Mama said
(A minor) (C major) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
Over Alameda
Justin Townes Earle
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