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Birmingham Blues
Artist:
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Album:
Out of the Blue (1977)
Music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne
Added on Friday, 03 July 2026
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Intro: 0:00 Gm!! | D#!!! 0:14 A | A | A | A ('Cause I've got!) 0:22 A | A | A | A Verse 1: 0:31 A Workin' on the road across this A Great big world, (yeah,) E I've been rollin' like a stone, I never E Get back home, 0:39 D Yes, I've been long gone, E And boy, I've got A | A The Birmingham Blues. 0:47 A I've been across the ocean to the A South sea isles, yeah, E I travelled to the east and west E For mile and miles and miles, 0:55 D Yes, I've been long gone, E And boy, I've got F | F The Birmingham Blues. Chorus 1: 1:04 E Across the world (across the world) E 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 A Oh, I wouldn't change the things I do for A Anything, but I'd just E Like to hear the message of the E Streets again, 1:37 D Give me a ticket, E 'Cos boy, I got A | A The Birmingham Blues. 1:46 A It may be kind a homely but it A Sure is sweet, E Industrial revolution E Put it on its feet, 1:53 D But it's a long, long way, E And boy, I got F | F The Birmingham Blues. Chorus 2: 2:02 E 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 A I'll go and stay a while A And all the folks I meet, they'll say, E "You won't stay long, E You got them travellin' feet, 2:55 D You'll soon be long gone, E 'Cos boy, you got the rest of F | F The world blues!" Chorus 3: 3:04 E (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? F But with a dif'rent name. Instrumental: 3:21 A:E D - x6 Chorus 4: 3:33 E Ooh, ooh, ooh (across the world) E People and places (people and places) 3:41 E Oooh (everywhere I've been) F La la la, la la la, la la la, la. Chorus 5: 3:49 E 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 E 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...
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