Chords for Shovels & Rope - Birmingham (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
82.625 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
C
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
Delta mama and a Nicaraguan man, [Em] raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band.
[D] Played spring water station [G] in, [C] couldn't play fast, [Em] couldn't fit in.
[G] Caught a 66 Dodge from Carolina, [Em] got her education on her mama's dime.
She [D] was singing in a bar called Comatose, [C] halfway roughed it on [Em] a salty coast.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Buried [C] in the [Em] sand, [C] 500 [G] miles from [D] Birmingham.
[G]
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 [Em] could sing alright.
[G] Spent five years going from town to town, waiting on that little girl to come [Em] around.
[D] Caught in the arms of New York City [C] to lose that gal, seeming terrible [Em] pity.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let my [G] heart [Em] forget of [G] thee.
Why do [C] you [Em] need man, [C] calling [G] me from [D] Birmingham?
[G]
[Em] Pulled a cover wagon off the BQE, said this [G] thing of me.
Well, [Em] cowboy not true, cause there's nothing I can do to get a loose [G] from you.
Made a little money playing in the bars, but you beat up drunk.
[Em]
[D] From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake, [C] it ain't what you got, it's what [Em] you make.
[G]
[Em] [D]
[C] [Em]
[G] When the roads are rough and the wheels all broke, [E]
couldn't take [Em] more than we could tow.
[D] Making something out of nothing with a scratch and a hole, [C] two old guitars like a shovel [G] and a roll.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Now [C] I [Em] understand, [C] on better [G] terms [D] since Birmingham.
[G] [N]
Delta mama and a Nicaraguan man, [Em] raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band.
[D] Played spring water station [G] in, [C] couldn't play fast, [Em] couldn't fit in.
[G] Caught a 66 Dodge from Carolina, [Em] got her education on her mama's dime.
She [D] was singing in a bar called Comatose, [C] halfway roughed it on [Em] a salty coast.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Buried [C] in the [Em] sand, [C] 500 [G] miles from [D] Birmingham.
[G]
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 [Em] could sing alright.
[G] Spent five years going from town to town, waiting on that little girl to come [Em] around.
[D] Caught in the arms of New York City [C] to lose that gal, seeming terrible [Em] pity.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let my [G] heart [Em] forget of [G] thee.
Why do [C] you [Em] need man, [C] calling [G] me from [D] Birmingham?
[G]
[Em] Pulled a cover wagon off the BQE, said this [G] thing of me.
Well, [Em] cowboy not true, cause there's nothing I can do to get a loose [G] from you.
Made a little money playing in the bars, but you beat up drunk.
[Em]
[D] From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake, [C] it ain't what you got, it's what [Em] you make.
[G]
[Em] [D]
[C] [Em]
[G] When the roads are rough and the wheels all broke, [E]
couldn't take [Em] more than we could tow.
[D] Making something out of nothing with a scratch and a hole, [C] two old guitars like a shovel [G] and a roll.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Now [C] I [Em] understand, [C] on better [G] terms [D] since Birmingham.
[G] [N]
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Delta mama and a Nicaraguan man, _ _ [Em] raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band. _
_ [D] Played spring water station [G] in, [C] couldn't play fast, [Em] couldn't fit in.
_ [G] Caught a 66 Dodge from Carolina, _ _ _ [Em] got her education on her mama's dime.
She _ [D] was singing in a bar called Comatose, [C] halfway roughed it on [Em] a salty coast.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Buried [C] in the [Em] sand, _ [C] 500 [G] miles from [D] Birmingham.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ 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 [Em] could sing alright. _
_ [G] Spent five years going from town to town, waiting on that little girl to come [Em] around.
_ _ [D] Caught in the arms of New York City [C] to lose that gal, seeming terrible [Em] pity.
_ Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let my [G] heart [Em] forget of [G] thee.
_ Why do [C] you [Em] need man, _ _ [C] calling [G] me from [D] Birmingham?
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Pulled a cover wagon off the BQE, said this [G] thing of me.
_ Well, [Em] cowboy _ not true, cause there's nothing I can do to get a loose [G] from you.
_ _ _ _ _ Made a little money playing in the bars, but you beat up drunk.
_ [Em] _ _ _
[D] From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake, [C] it ain't what you got, it's what [Em] you make.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] When the roads are rough and the wheels all broke, _ _ _ [E]
couldn't take [Em] more than we could tow. _ _ _ _
[D] Making something out of nothing with a scratch and a hole, [C] two old guitars like a shovel [G] and a roll.
_ Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, _ [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Now [C] I [Em] understand, _ _ [C] on better [G] terms [D] since Birmingham.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Delta mama and a Nicaraguan man, _ _ [Em] raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band. _
_ [D] Played spring water station [G] in, [C] couldn't play fast, [Em] couldn't fit in.
_ [G] Caught a 66 Dodge from Carolina, _ _ _ [Em] got her education on her mama's dime.
She _ [D] was singing in a bar called Comatose, [C] halfway roughed it on [Em] a salty coast.
Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Buried [C] in the [Em] sand, _ [C] 500 [G] miles from [D] Birmingham.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ 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 [Em] could sing alright. _
_ [G] Spent five years going from town to town, waiting on that little girl to come [Em] around.
_ _ [D] Caught in the arms of New York City [C] to lose that gal, seeming terrible [Em] pity.
_ Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, [C] let my [G] heart [Em] forget of [G] thee.
_ Why do [C] you [Em] need man, _ _ [C] calling [G] me from [D] Birmingham?
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Pulled a cover wagon off the BQE, said this [G] thing of me.
_ Well, [Em] cowboy _ not true, cause there's nothing I can do to get a loose [G] from you.
_ _ _ _ _ Made a little money playing in the bars, but you beat up drunk.
_ [Em] _ _ _
[D] From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake, [C] it ain't what you got, it's what [Em] you make.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] When the roads are rough and the wheels all broke, _ _ _ [E]
couldn't take [Em] more than we could tow. _ _ _ _
[D] Making something out of nothing with a scratch and a hole, [C] two old guitars like a shovel [G] and a roll.
_ Rock of [C] ages, [G] cleave for me, _ [C] let me [G] hide [Em] myself [G] in thee.
Now [C] I [Em] understand, _ _ [C] on better [G] terms [D] since Birmingham.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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