Over Alameda

Over Alameda easy guitar chords by Justin Townes Earle

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  • Intro 1


    Mama'd 
    tell me 
    of 
    her 
    Verse 1

    hopes 

    What 
    she 
    hoped 
    to 
    leave 
    be
    hind 

    And 
    what 
    she thought 
    that she 
    would 
    find 

    Out 
    in California 


    Verse 2
    She'd talk 
    about 
    Mississippi 

    Still 
    don't 
    know 
    how 
    it 
    is 

    Any 
    place 
    could 
    be 
    worse 
    than 
    this 

    It's 
    hard 
    to 
    believe 

    Verse 3
    She'd 
    say, 
    "Baby, 
    if 
    could 

    "You 
    know 
    I'd 
    buy 
    us 
    a home 

    Over 
    Alameda 

    Where the 
    green 
    grass 
    grows" 

    Interlude 1


    Now when 
    she 
    left 
    the 
    Delta 
    Verse 4

    It 
    was 
    1966 

    Come 
    to Los 
    Angeles 

    She 
    was 
    nine 
    years 
    old 

    Verse 5
    And 
    there 
    was 
    work 
    to 
    be 
    had 

    Grandaddy 
    worked 
    at Firestone

    Made 
    enough 
    to 
    buy 
    home 

    Out 
    on 
    Wilmington 
    Aven
    ue 

    Verse 6

    Then 
    the jobs 
    moved 
    out 

    Grandaddy 
    died 
    and 
    we 
    lost 
    the 
    house 

    Moved 
    into 
    the Jordan 
    Down

    Been 
    here 
    ever 
    since 

    Verse 7
    Mama'd say 
    there's 

    somethings 
    better

    I'd say 
    know 
    that 
    there 
    is 

    Over 
    Alameda 

    Where the white 
    folks 
    live 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 8
    97th and 
    Lowell 

    It's 
    all 
    I've 
    ever 
    known 

    I'm 
    nine
    teen 
    years 
    old 

    Just 
    yesterday 

    Verse 9

    From 
    what 
    have 
    seen 

    All 
    I've 
    dis
    covered 

    Is there's 
    nothing 
    for 
    boy 
    of color 

    But 
    to fight 

    Verse 10

    And 
    I'l keep 
    on 
    fight
    ing 

    'Cause 
    they 
    ain't 
    worked me 
    yet 

    Going 
    over 
    Alameda 

    Outro 1
    Like 
    Mama 
    said 


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