Birmingham Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][C][G]
[Em][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
Well, I [Em]killed a man in [G]Birmingham
I [C]hit him with a [G]tire iron
He [Em]did not move and I [G]do not give a damn
[C][G]
I've been [Em]working here like a [G]slavin' mule
[C]Sucking the earth of [G]dry crude
[Em]Looking for a [G]way out of it all
[C][G]
[Em]Cops are coming I can [G]feel em' here
My [C]back is crawling with [G]standing hair
[Em]Wouldn't mind to [G]see a few pigs fall
[C][G]

[Chorus 1]
So take me [Em]down to the [G]river
My [C]blood all on the [G]floor
'Cause [Em]I don't know if I can car[G]ry this weight
much [C]longer any[G]more
[Em]Take me up the [G]mountain
On a [C]cloud bound for the [G]sky
[Em]Don't go prayin' [G]for me because
to[C]night I'm prepared to [G]die

[Interlude 1]
Oh oh [Em]oh, oh o[G]h
Oh oh [C]oh oh [G]oh
[Em]Oh oh oh[G] oh oh[C] oh oh[G]
Oh oh [Em]oh, oh o[G]h
Oh oh [C]oh oh [G]oh
[Em]Oh oh oh[G] oh oh[C] oh oh[G]

[Verse 2]
Well, that [Em]night out there in [G]Birmingham
That [C]boy he tried to [G]rob me
I [Em]did not want to, b[G]ut I had to
[C]show that boy the [G]real me
At [Em]night I often [G]wonder
what my [C]tombstone would [G]say
Would it [Em]mention any of my [G]good or just
[C]e- vil in my [G]days
The [Em]dust has not [G]settled
from the [C]boys that busted [G]in
And [Em]I am not a bad[G] man
but there's [C]bullets in my [G]skin

[Chorus 2]
Take me [Em]down to the [G]river
My [C]blood all on the [G]floor
'Cause [Em]I don't know if I can car[G]ry this weight
much [C]longer any[G]more
[Em]Take me up the [G]mountain
On a [C]cloud bound for the [G]sky
[Em]Don't go prayin' [G]for me because
to[C]night I'm prepared to [G]die

[Bridge 1]
Oh oh [Em]oh, oh o[G]h
Oh oh [C]oh oh [G]oh
[Em]Oh oh oh[G] oh oh[C] oh oh[G]
Oh oh [Em]oh, oh o[G]h
Oh oh [C]oh oh [G]oh
[Em]Oh oh oh[G] oh oh[C] oh oh[G]

[Outro 1]
Well, I [Em]killed a man in [G]Birmingham
That [C]boy he tried to [G]rob me
I [Em]did not want to,
[G]but I had to [C]show that boy the [G]real me