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