Birmingham Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C#][G]
[Gm]

[Verse 1]
[G]Working on the road
across this great big world
I've been [D]rolling like a stone,
I never get back home
Yes, I've been [C]long-gone
And And [D]boy,
I've got the Birmingham [G]Blues.[Gm]

[Verse 2]
[G]Been across the ocean to
the south sea isles
Yeah, I [D]travelled to the east and west
for mile and miles and miles
And I've been long-gone
[C]And And boy[D],
I've got the Birmingham Blues.
[Eb]

[Verse 3]
[D]
Across [Am]the w[D]orld I've [C]seen[D]
[C]People [Am]and p[D]laces[C][D]
[Am]Could be [D]the same[C][Am][Eb]
But with a different [G]name.
[D][C][G][C][G][D][C]

[Verse 4]
[G][D]
[C]I w[G]ouldn't change the
things I do for anything
But I'd just [D]like to hear the
message of the streets again
Give me a [C]ticket
'Cos [D]boy, I've got the Birmingham [G]Blues.
[Gm]It

[Verse 5]
[G]may be kind of homely
but it sure is sweet
In[D]dustrial Revolution put it on its feet
But it's [C]a long, long way
[D]Boy, I've got the Birmingham
[Eb]Blues.

[Verse 6]
[D]
Across [Am]the w[D]orld I[C]'ve seen
[D]People [C]and [Am]place[D]s[C][D]
[C]Could be [Am]the same[D][C][Am][Eb]

[Interlude 1]
But with a different name.
[G][D][C][G][C][G][D][C]
[G][D][C][G][D][C][G][D][G]
[D][C]
[D][G][Gm]

[Verse 7]
I'll [G]go and stay awhile and
all the folks I meet
They'll say: You [D]won't stay long,
you got them travelling feet
You'll soon be [C]long-gone
'Cos 'Cos [D]boy,
you got the rest of [Eb]the world blues.

[Verse 8]
[D]
[Am]Across [D]the[C] world I'v[Am]e seen
[D]People [C]and[Am][D][C]
[D]pla[Am]ces[D]
Could [C]be [Am]the same[Eb]

[Interlude 2]
But with a different name.
[G][D][C][G][C][G][D][C][G][D][C]
[G][D]
[C][G][D][Am][D][C][D]
[Am][D][C][Am][D][C][Eb]
[D]
[Am]Across the world

[Verse 9]
[D]I've
[C]seen[Am][D]
[C]People and [D]places[C]
[D]Could [C]be the[Am] same[D][C]
[Am]But [Eb]with a different name.

[Outro 1]
[Eb][D]
[C][Am][D][C][D][C][D]
[C][D][Eb]