xBIRMINGHAM (Hood / DBT) Intro: Am, G, Em7 Am G Em7 Economics shut the furnace down Am G Em7 Bull Connor hosing children down Am G Em7 George Wallace stared them Yankee's down Am G Em7 In Bir ming ham Take a left on the interstate In the middle of this sultry state I can't wait to see your face In Birmingham "I don't think it was worth it" the last thing Stanley said to me Twenty four years then a bullet in the chest and I still see him in my sleep Fifteen dollars in the purse He could not save Her family didn't buy a stone to mark his grave "Give me a call, if you need a place to stay in Birmingham" Birmingham Cadd9, G Cadd9, G Most of my family came from Birmingham I can feel their presence in the street Vulcan Park has seen it's share of troubled times But the city won't admit defeat Magic City's magic getting stronger Dynamite Hill ain't on fire any longer No man should ever have to feel He don't belong in Birmingham Birmingham
