Over Alameda chords by
Justin Townes Earle

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Key: B minor

Intro 1

Mama'd tell me of her

Verse 1
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hopes
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What she hoped to leave behind
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And what she thought that she would find
Out in California
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Verse 2
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She'd talk about Mississippi
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Still don't know how it is
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Any place could be worse than this
It's hard to believe
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Verse 3
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She'd say, "Baby, if I could
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"You know I'd buy us a home
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Over Alameda
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Where the green grass grows"
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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 a home

Out on Wilmington Avenue

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Then the jobs moved out
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Grandaddy died and we lost the house
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Moved into the Jordan Downs
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Been here ever since

Verse 7
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Mama'd say there's
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somethings better
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I'd say I know that there is
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Over Alameda
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Where the white folks live

Interlude 2

Verse 8
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97th and Lowell
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It's all I've ever known
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I'm nineteen years old
Just yesterday
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Verse 9
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From what I have seen
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All I've discovered
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Is there's nothing for a boy of color
But to fight
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Verse 10

And I'l keep on fighting

'Cause they ain't worked me yet

Going over Alameda

Outro 1

Like Mama said

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