Birmingham chords by Zach Bryan

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G (2x)

Verse 1:
       E minorEm              G+G
Well I killed a man in Birmingham
  C majorC              G+G
I hit him with a tire iron
   E minorEm                 G+G                 C majorC    G+G
He did not move and I do not give a damn

          E minorEm
I’ve been working here
       G+G
Like a slavin’ mule
C majorC                 G+G
Sucking the earth dry of crude
E minorEm            G+G                C majorC     G+G
Looking for a way out of it all

E minorEm
Cops are coming
      G+G
I can feel em’ here
   C majorC                     G+G
My back is crawling with standing hair
E minorEm               G+G                  C majorC     G+G
Wouldn’t mind to see a few pigs fall

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Chorus:
           E minorEm          G+G
So take me down to the river
   C majorC                G+G
My blood all on the floor
E minorEm                          G+G
Cause i don't know if i can carry this weight
     C majorC         G+G
Much longer anymore

E minorEm             G+G
Take me up the mountain
     C majorC                   G+G
On a cloud bound for the sky
E minorEm                   G+G
Don't go praying for me
        C majorC                       G+G
Because tonight i'm prepared to die


Interlude:
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G (2x)


Verse 2:
    E minorEm      G+G
And I often wonder
        C majorC               G+G
What my tombstone would say
     E minorEm                      G+G
Would they mention any of my good
        C majorC          G+G
Or just evil in my days

    E minorEm                  G+G
That night out there in Birmingham
     C majorC                G+G
That boy who tried to rob me
  E minorEm              G+G
I did not want to but i had to
C majorC                 G+G
Show that boy the real me


Chorus:
           E minorEm          G+G
So take me down to the river
   C majorC                G+G
My blood all on the floor
E minorEm                          G+G
Cause i don't know if i can carry this weight
     C majorC         G+G
Much longer anymore

E minorEm             G+G
Take me up the mountain
     C majorC                   G+G
On a cloud bound for the sky
E minorEm                   G+G
Don't go praying for me
        C majorC                       G+G
Because tonight i'm prepared to die


Verse 3:
    E minorEm           G+G
The dust has now settled
           C majorC               G+G
From those boys who busted in
  E minorEm       G+G
I am not a bad man
            C majorC             G+G
But there's bullets in my skin


Chorus:
           E minorEm          G+G
So take me down to the river
   C majorC                G+G
My blood all on the floor
E minorEm                          G+G
Cause i don't know if i can carry this weight
     C majorC         G+G
Much longer anymore

E minorEm             G+G
Take me up the mountain
     C majorC                   G+G
On a cloud bound for the sky
E minorEm                   G+G
Don't go praying for me
        C majorC                       G+G
Because tonight i'm prepared to die