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Birmingham Blues by John Lee Hooker
Birmingham Blues
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
F7
[Verse 1]
F7
I ain't goin' down Birmingham by myself
Bb7 F7
I ain't goin' down Birmingham by myself
C7 Bb7 F7
If I go, or take someone with me
F7
Give me an airplane, fly over Birminghame
Bb7
Give me an airplane and fly over Birmingham
F7 C7 Bb7
Drop me a bomb and keep on flyin' on
[Verse 2]
F7
I feel so bad, I read about Birmingham, I feel so bad
Bb7
I read, read about Birmingham
F7 C7 Bb7
Oh do I know about things, a man is just a man
F7
God made this land
Bb7
He give the land to no one, to no one, land
F7
And God made equal
Bb7
Equal, equal
Bb7
I don't know why
F7
Birmingham treat people, the people the way they do
C7 Bb7
But I ain't goin' down Birmingham by myself
F7
I swear I ain't
[Verse 3]
F7 Bb7
One thing I do know
F7 Bb7
Our President, he out doin' everything he can
F7
For every man, equal right
F7
It takes time, I do know
C7 Bb7 F7 Bb7
But one day, Birmingham, Mississippi, and Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky
F7
All them states, Arkansas
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