Birmingham Sunday Chords by Joan Baez

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_ [B] I'll stand by my side and I'll sing you a song
[F#] I'll sing it so [E] softly it'll [B] do no one wrong
[F#] On Birmingham Sunday the [G#] blood ran like [E] wine
And the choir kept [F#] singing of freedom
That _ _ _ _ _ cold autumn morning, no I [B] saw the sun
[F#] And that evening [E] Collins her [F#] number was [C#] one
[F#] In an old [C#] Baptist [F#] church there was no need to run
[E] And the choir kept singing [F#] of freedom
_ The _ _ _ clouds they were dark and the [B] autumn wind blew
[F#] And Denise [E] McNair brought the number [F#] to [C#] two
[F#] The bark of the creature they knew
[E] And the choir kept [F#] singing of freedom
_ The _ _ _ _ church it was crowded and no [B] one could see
[F#] That Cynthia [E] Wellesley's dark number [F#] was [C#] three
[F#] Her prayers [C#] and her [F#] feelings would shame you and me
[E] And the choir kept singing [F#] of freedom _
Young _ _ _ _ _ Carol Robertson [B] entered the door
[F#] And the number her [E] killers had given [F#] was four
[C#] [F#] She asked [C#] for a [F#] blessing but asked for no more
[E] And the choir kept singing [F#] of freedom
On _ _ _ _ _ Birmingham Sunday a [B] noise shook the ground _
[F#] And people all over [E] the [F#] earth turned [C#] around
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And the [C#] _ _ [F#] _ cowardly sound
[E] And the choir kept [F#] singing of freedom _ _
_ _ _ Born _ in the forest they [B] once asked of me
How [F#] many blackberries [E] grow [F#] in the blue [C#] sea
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[C#] _ [F#] _ How _ [E] _ many dark ships [F#] in the forest
The _ _ Sunday has come, the [B] Sunday has gone
[F#] And I can't do much [E] more than to sing [F#] you a [C#] song
[F#] I'll sing [C#] it so [F#] softly you do know
_ [E] And the choir keeps [F#] singing of freedom _ _ _
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