Chords for Blue Cheer - Hello LA, Bye Bye Burmingham (US 1969)
Tempo:
89.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] I [E]
[A] packed everything I own and I [E] put it in a knapsack
[A] I'm leaving Birmingham, yes I am, [E] and I ain't looking [A] back
I bought me a guitar and I wrote a song
[D] I paid it for a DJ [A] on the telephone
[G] Going out to [D] Howard feeling good, [A] yes I am
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama,
[A] Birmingham
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] Riding on a Greyhound bus across the Tennessee [E] borderline
[A] [E] Eating from a poor boy's [A] hand, we're taking drinks from [E] a quarter wine
[A] I [E] got to get off at [A] the very next stop, [D] but it's only good [A] to Little Rock
[G] Going out to Howard [D] feeling good, [A] yes I am
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[C#] Got me mixed up with a big city woman [F#] in Little Rock
[B] I had to spend a week or a night in the county [E] jail
[C#] I had to take a two day job to get my [F#] guitar out of harm's way
[B] But that's the way it goes when you got no dough to [E] make a living
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B] I [F#] got a lot of [B] transportation, fun [F#] lines to hitchhike
I caught me a ride [B] with a tattooed [F#] dude on a motorbike
People gonna [B] know when I'm in [E] town
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound
[A] Going out to [E] Hollywood feeling [B] good, yes I am
[A] Hello, [E] Alabama, [B] [A] Birmingham
[E]
[B] [E] [A]
You [E] [A] know [E] that I'm [A] tired of going
[E] I believe I'm [A] only this [E] town, I believe I'm Birmingham
[A]
Yes I [E] am, yes I am, yes I [G] am
Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Bye, [D]
bye, [A] Birmingham
[G] Bye, [D]
[A] bye, Birmingham
[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Am]
[A]
[A] packed everything I own and I [E] put it in a knapsack
[A] I'm leaving Birmingham, yes I am, [E] and I ain't looking [A] back
I bought me a guitar and I wrote a song
[D] I paid it for a DJ [A] on the telephone
[G] Going out to [D] Howard feeling good, [A] yes I am
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama,
[A] Birmingham
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] Riding on a Greyhound bus across the Tennessee [E] borderline
[A] [E] Eating from a poor boy's [A] hand, we're taking drinks from [E] a quarter wine
[A] I [E] got to get off at [A] the very next stop, [D] but it's only good [A] to Little Rock
[G] Going out to Howard [D] feeling good, [A] yes I am
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[C#] Got me mixed up with a big city woman [F#] in Little Rock
[B] I had to spend a week or a night in the county [E] jail
[C#] I had to take a two day job to get my [F#] guitar out of harm's way
[B] But that's the way it goes when you got no dough to [E] make a living
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B] I [F#] got a lot of [B] transportation, fun [F#] lines to hitchhike
I caught me a ride [B] with a tattooed [F#] dude on a motorbike
People gonna [B] know when I'm in [E] town
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound
[A] Going out to [E] Hollywood feeling [B] good, yes I am
[A] Hello, [E] Alabama, [B] [A] Birmingham
[E]
[B] [E] [A]
You [E] [A] know [E] that I'm [A] tired of going
[E] I believe I'm [A] only this [E] town, I believe I'm Birmingham
[A]
Yes I [E] am, yes I am, yes I [G] am
Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
[G] Bye, [D]
bye, [A] Birmingham
[G] Bye, [D]
[A] bye, Birmingham
[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Am]
[A]
Key:
A
E
D
G
B
A
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I [E] _
_ [A] _ _ packed everything I own and I [E] put it in a knapsack
[A] _ _ I'm leaving Birmingham, yes I am, [E] and I ain't looking [A] back
I bought me a guitar and I wrote a song
[D] I paid it for a DJ [A] on the telephone
[G] Going out to [D] Howard feeling good, [A] yes I am
_ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, _
[A] Birmingham
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Riding on a Greyhound bus across the Tennessee [E] borderline
[A] _ [E] Eating from a poor boy's [A] hand, we're taking drinks from [E] a quarter wine
[A] I [E] got to get off at [A] the very next stop, [D] but it's only good [A] to Little Rock
[G] Going out to Howard [D] feeling good, [A] yes I am
_ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
_ _ [C#] Got me mixed up with a big city woman [F#] in Little Rock
_ [B] I had to spend a week or a night in the county [E] jail
_ [C#] I had to take a two day job to get my [F#] guitar out of _ harm's way
[B] But that's the way it goes when you got no dough to [E] make a living
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] I [F#] got a lot of [B] transportation, fun [F#] lines to hitchhike
_ I caught me a ride [B] with a tattooed [F#] dude on a motorbike
_ _ People gonna [B] know when I'm in [E] town
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound
[A] Going out to [E] Hollywood feeling [B] good, yes I am
[A] Hello, [E] Alabama, _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] Birmingham
[E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
You [E] _ _ [A] know [E] that I'm [A] tired of going
[E] I believe I'm [A] only this [E] town, I believe I'm Birmingham
[A]
Yes I [E] am, yes I am, yes I [G] am
Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, _ [A] Birmingham
_ _ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, _ [A] Birmingham
_ _ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] Bye, [D]
bye, [A] Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] Bye, [D] _
[A] bye, Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I [E] _
_ [A] _ _ packed everything I own and I [E] put it in a knapsack
[A] _ _ I'm leaving Birmingham, yes I am, [E] and I ain't looking [A] back
I bought me a guitar and I wrote a song
[D] I paid it for a DJ [A] on the telephone
[G] Going out to [D] Howard feeling good, [A] yes I am
_ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, _
[A] Birmingham
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Riding on a Greyhound bus across the Tennessee [E] borderline
[A] _ [E] Eating from a poor boy's [A] hand, we're taking drinks from [E] a quarter wine
[A] I [E] got to get off at [A] the very next stop, [D] but it's only good [A] to Little Rock
[G] Going out to Howard [D] feeling good, [A] yes I am
_ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
_ _ [C#] Got me mixed up with a big city woman [F#] in Little Rock
_ [B] I had to spend a week or a night in the county [E] jail
_ [C#] I had to take a two day job to get my [F#] guitar out of _ harm's way
[B] But that's the way it goes when you got no dough to [E] make a living
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] I [F#] got a lot of [B] transportation, fun [F#] lines to hitchhike
_ I caught me a ride [B] with a tattooed [F#] dude on a motorbike
_ _ People gonna [B] know when I'm in [E] town
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound
[A] Going out to [E] Hollywood feeling [B] good, yes I am
[A] Hello, [E] Alabama, _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] Birmingham
[E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
You [E] _ _ [A] know [E] that I'm [A] tired of going
[E] I believe I'm [A] only this [E] town, I believe I'm Birmingham
[A]
Yes I [E] am, yes I am, yes I [G] am
Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, _ [A] Birmingham
_ _ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, _ [A] Birmingham
_ _ [G] Hello, [D] Alabama, [A] Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] Bye, [D]
bye, [A] Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] Bye, [D] _
[A] bye, Birmingham
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _