Birmingham Sunday chords by Rhiannon Giddens

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY
ARTIST: RHIANNON GIDDENS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


         BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY
         RHIANNON GIDDENS

NOTE: This was a request for this song to be done
   as a CHORD TAB in standard tuning in spite
   of it being a piano song. Please keep that
   in mind when playing and rating this tab.


INTRO:
D  C  G A D
D  C  G A G
D G D
D G D

VERSE:
    D                  G
Come round by my side and I`ll sing you a song
   D           C      D
I`ll sing it so softly it`ll do no one wrong
  D     G      D
On Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine
     C     G      D   C G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom


VERSE:
   D                  G
That cold autumn morning no eyes saw the sun
   D           C     D
And Addie Mae Collins, her number was one
    D      G       D
At an old baptist church there was no need to run
     C     G      D   D G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom


VERSE:
     D                    G
Now the clouds they were grey and the autumn wind blew
   D             C     D
And Denise McNair brought the number to two
   D     G      D
The falcon of death was a creature they knew
     C     G      D
And the choirs kept singing of freedooooooom

  C    G    D
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
 D
Ahhh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahhh


VERSE:
   D                   G
The church it was crowded, but no one could see
   D           C      D
That Cynthia Wesley`s dark number was three
    D       G       D
Her prayers and her feelings would shame you and me
     C     G      D   D G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom


VERSE:
 D                 G
Young Carol Robertson entered the door
     D           C     D
And the number her killers had given was four
   D      G      D
She asked for a blessing but asked for no more
     C     G      D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom


INSTRUMENTAL:
  C    G    D
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
 G  D  Em       A        D
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

     C    G    D
Uh ah Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
 G  D  Em       A   D     G
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh


VERSE:
  D                  G
On Birmingham Sunday a noise shook the ground
   D          C       D
And people all over the earth turned around
 D      G       D
For no on recalled a more cowardly sound
     C     G      D   D G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom


VERSE:
     D                 G
Now the Sunday has come and the Sunday has gone
    D             C     D
And we can`t do much more than to sing you a song
   D     G     D
I`ll sing it so loudly you better sing along
     C     G      D
And the choirs keep singing of freedom


INSTRUMENTAL/OUTRO:
  C    G    D
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
 G  D  Em       A        D
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

  C    G    D
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
 G  D  Em         A   D     G
Oooh oooh oooh mmmm mmmm ooh ooh mmmm mmmm mmmmm