Chords for Hello Birmingham - Ani DiFranco

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Hold _ me _
[C] [Bb] down, _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _
I'm _ _ [F] floating _
[Eb] away _ into [Bb] _
the ocean of sky.
I'm in the eyes [C] of my _ [Gb] hometown [Gm] on a black _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ day.
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What is it [Gm] about [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ Birmingham?
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[Gm] _ What is it [F] about [Eb] Buffalo? _ _ _ _
[Gm] That the hayfield wanna build bunkers [Gb] in your beautiful [Gm] red earth.
They [F] wanna build them [Eb] in our shiny white snow.
And now I've drawn _ [Gm] _ close the curtain [F] of this [Eb] little booth.
[Gm] Where the truth has no [F] place to stand.
And [Eb] I am feeling [Gm] oh [F] so [Bb] powerless [F] in this [Eb] stupid booth.
With [Gm] this useless little [F] lever in my hand.
[G] And outside _ [C] my city is [Gm] praising for the [Eb] next killing [G] thing.
Standing by [F] the bridge and [Eb] praying for the next _ Dr.
_ Martin _ [Bb] Luther King. _ _ _
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It was [Gm] just [Bb] one _
[Gm] _ shot [Gb] through _
[Gm] the kitchen [F] _ _ _
[Eb] window. _ _ _ _
[Dm] It was just [Gm] [Bb] one or two [Gm] miles from _ here. _
A few flew by [F] _
[Eb] like _ a hurricane.
[Dm] _ [Gm] A bullet [Bb] came to visit [Gm] a doctor _ [Gb] in [Gm] his one _ [F] safe [Eb] _ place. _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Gm] A bullet had shown [Bb] the right to [Gm] life.
It whizzed [Gb] past his kid and [Gm] his wife and knocked his [F] glasses [Eb] right off his face.
And the blood [Gm] poured off [F] the pulpit.
_ And the [Eb] blood poured [Gm] down the [F] picket lines.
_ And [Eb] the hatred [Gm] _ was _ immediate.
_ _ [F] And the [Eb] vengeance _ [G] was _ [F] divine.
_ _ [G] So they went to [C] stalk him [Gm] down the barrel _ [Eb] of a gun.
[G] And after [F] him they stuffed his [Eb] _ arms. _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] Hello, [Cm] _ Blaming [Gb] Hill.
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_ _ _ [F] _ It's [Eb] Buffalo. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ I heard you had some trouble down there again.
I'm just calling [C] to let you [Eb] know that _ somebody understands.
I was once _ [Gm] escorted [F] to the doors of a clinic [Eb] by a man [Gm] in bulletproof _ _ vests.
[F] And no [Eb] bombs [G] went off [Gm] that day.
[F] So I am still here to [Gm] say, Birmingham, _ I'm wishing you [Cm] all of my [F] best.
Oh, [Eb] Birmingham, _ [Gm] I'm wishing [F] you all of my best.
[Eb] Oh, Birmingham, _ [Gm] I'm wishing you all of my [F] best on [Eb] _ this _ _ _ _ election _ _ _ _ day.
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