CHORDS: Ryan Adams – Birmingham Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Birmingham by Ryan Adams on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]

C G x4

[Verse]
  C            G
I wish I was a painter
    D              G
Charcoal and buffalo
     C            G
Or a presidential motorcade
          D
Where the cops just come and go
  C              G
Return me to the station
  D             G
A box and empty bag
     C                   G
Fall asleep watching the twister

[Chorus]
        G      D    C
In some broken down hotel 
in Birmingham
C G x2

{Verse]
        C            G
Cause I wish I was a calendar
D                G
Numbers and good names
C         G
Variating slightly
             D
But only the pictures ever change
     C             G
Mark me 'return to sender'
           D                G
I'm like a letter without a stamp
         C             G
I wasn't written to be read
         C                 G
And I am sleepless in this bed

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[Chorus]
        G      D    C
In some broken down hotel 
in Birmingham
C G x4

[Verse]
         C           G
Held her hand in Old Savannah
    D                 G
Marigold print on her dress
    C                   G
Her hair was combed and parted
       D
Like a beautiful princess
         C              G
I didn't see you at the altar
         D                G
Way back then you were so drunk
         C                 G
You were washed up on some hooker's 
bed
         D
Behind a shitty restaurants
           C      
Bought her pretty 
            G
clothes and diamonds
            D              G
The guy was born to be her man
        C         G
We were more than commentary
      D
For a cheap headline grab
            C          
So when the wind blows 
        G
in your window
           D                  G
'Cause the storm don't give a damn
         C
Pray the window don't break
G                        D
Across the wrist of your writing 
hand
     C          G
On a stationary wept with tears
       D                 G
Of the peoples backs you stab
            C             G
When you're hiding like a robber
              D
With no one's purse to grab
C           G              
Remember me standing there 
        D
holding out my hand

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[Chorus]
     G     D    C
In a broken down hotel 
in Birmingham

[Outro]
C G x3
D
C G x3
D
G