Chords for Birmingham- Shovels & Rope

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_ Delta Mama and the Nicaraguan man _ _ _ [Em] Raised her Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band _
_ [D] Played spring water station in [C] Couldn't play fast, [Em] couldn't fit in
_ _ [G] Caught a 66 dive, St.
Caroline Got _ [Em] her education on her mama's dime
_ She [D] was singing in a bar called Comatose [C] Halfway roughed it on a salty [Em] cold
Rock of Ages [G] cleave for me [C] Let me [G] hide [Em] myself in [G] thee
Buried [C] in the [Em] sand _ [C] 500 [G] miles from [D] _ [G] Birmingham _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, rock a mountain cowboy in a rock and roll band
Plug his amplifier in all [Em] across the land _ _ [D] Athens, Georgia on a Friday night
[C] Saw that little girl, she could sing [Em] alright _ _ [G] Spent five years going from town to town
Waiting on that little girl to [Em] come around _ _ _ [D] Caught in the arms of New York City
[C] To lose that gal, she was [Em] terrible pity _ Rock [C] of Ages [G] cleave for me
_ [C] Let my [G] heart [Em] forget of [G] thee Why [C] do you [Em] demand
_ _ _ [C] Calling [G] me from [D] _ [G] Birmingham _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Pulled a cover wagon off the BQE, said, [G] sleepy old me
_ [Em] Went to California, not true, cause there's nothing I can do to get a [G] loose from you
_ _ _ _ _ Made a little money playing in the bars, but you beat up drugs
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From the [D] Crescent City to the Great Salt [C] Lake It ain't what you got, it's what [Em] you make
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_ _ _ _ _ When the [G] roads are rough and the wheels all broke _ _ _
[E] Couldn't take more than we could tow _ _ _
[D] Making something out of nothing with a scratch [C] and a hoe
Two old guitars like a shovel [G] and a rope
Rock [C] of Ages [G] cleave for me Let [G] me hide [Em] myself [G] in thee
Now [C] I [Em] understand _ _ On better [G] terms [D] since [G] Birmingham _ _ _ _ _ _ _