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Over Alameda by Justin Townes Earle
Over Alameda
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
Am G/B C C/E F
Am G/B C C/E F
[Verse 1]
Am G/B C
Mama'd tell me of her hopes
Am G/B C
And what she hoped to leave behind
Am G/B C
And what she thought that she would find
C/E F
Out in California
Am G/B C
She'd talk about Mississippi
Am G/B C
I still don’t know how it is
Am G/B C
If any place could be worse than this
C/E F
It's hard to believe
[Chorus]
G Em
She'd say, "Baby, if I could
Am F
Y'know I'd buy us a home
Em G
Over Alameda where the green grass
Am G/B C C/E F
Grows
[Instrumental]
Am G/B C C/E F
[Verse 2]
Am G/B C
Now when she left the Delta
Am G/B C
It was nineteen sixty six
Am G/B C
Come to Los Angeles
C/E F
She was nine years old
Am G/B C
And there was work to be had
Am G/B C
Grandaddy worked at Firestone
Am G/B C
Made enough to buy a home
C/E F
Out in Wilmington
Am G/B C
Then the jobs moved out
Am G/B C
Grandaddy died and we lost the house
Am G/B C
Moved into the Jordan Downs
C/E F
And been here ever since
[Chorus]
G Em
Mama'd say there's something better
Am F
I'd say I know that there is
Em G
Over Alameda where the white folks
Am G/B C C/E F
Live
[Instrumental]
Am G/B C C/E F
Am G/B C C/E F
Am G/B C C/E F
Am G/B C C/E F
[Verse 3]
N.C.
97th and Laurel
N.C. C
It's all I've ever known
Am G/B C
I'm nineteen years old
C/E F
Just yesterday
Am G/B C
And what I have seen
Am G/B C
All I've discovered
Am G/B C
Is there's nothing for a boy of color
C/E F
But to fight
[Chorus]
G Em
And I'll keep on fighting
Am F
'Cause they ain't licked me yet
Em G
Going over Alameda like Mama
Am G/B C C/E F
Said
[Outro]
Am G/B C C/E F
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