Birmingham Blues

Intro: 0:00
Gm!! | D#/G!!!
0:14 
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         ('Cause I've got!)
0:22
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Verse 1: 0:31
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Workin' on the road across this
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  Great big world, (yeah,)
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I've been rollin' like a stone, I never
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  Get back home,
0:39
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Yes, I've been long gone,
     E
And boy, I've got
                 A  | A
The Birmingham Blues.
0:47
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I've been across the ocean to the
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  South sea isles, yeah,
    E
I travelled to the east and west
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For mile and miles and miles,
0:55
                D
Yes, I've been long gone,
     E
And boy, I've got
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The Birmingham Blues.

Chorus 1: 1:04
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  Across the world (across the world)
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  People and places (people and places)
1:13
E
  Could be the same (everywhere I've been),
F
  But with a dif'rent name.

Instrumental: 1:21
A:E D  - x4

Verse 2: 1:29
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Oh, I wouldn't change the things I do for
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  Anything, but I'd just
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Like to hear the message of the
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  Streets again,
1:37
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Give me a ticket,
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'Cos boy, I got
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The Birmingham Blues.
1:46
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It may be kind a homely but it
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Sure is sweet,
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Industrial revolution
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Put it on its feet,
1:53
            D
But it's a long, long way,
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And boy, I got
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The Birmingham Blues.

Chorus 2: 2:02
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  Across the world I've seen (across the world)
E
  People and places (people and places)
2:11
E
  Could be the same (everywhere I've been),
F
  But with a dif'rent name.

Instrumental: 2:19
A:E D  - x6

Solo: 2:31
A | A | E | E
2:39
D | E | A | A

Verse 3: (part 2 only) 2:47
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I'll go and stay a while
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And all the folks I meet, they'll say,
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"You won't stay long,
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You got them travellin' feet,
2:55
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You'll soon be long gone,
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'Cos boy, you got the rest of
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The world blues!"

Chorus 3: 3:04
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  (Across the world) across the world I've seen
E
  (People and places) people and places
3:12
     E
(And everywhere I've been)
Don't you know it could be the same?
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  But with a dif'rent name.

Instrumental: 3:21
A:E D  - x6

Chorus 4: 3:33
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  Ooh, ooh, ooh (across the world)
E
  People and places (people and places)
3:41
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  Oooh (everywhere I've been)
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  La la la, la la la, la la la, la.

Chorus 5: 3:49
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  Across the world I've seen (across the world)
E
  People and places (people and places)
3:57
E
  Could be the same (everywhere I've been),
F
  But you know, it's got a different name.

Chorus 6: 4:06
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  Ooh, ooh, ooh (across the world)
E
  Ooh, ooh, ooh (people and places)
4:14
E
  Ooh, ooh, ooh (everywhere I've been)
F
  La la la, la la la...