John Lee Hooker – Birmingham Blues (Guitar)
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As recorded by John Lee Hooker
(From the 1964 Album ON CAMPUS)
[Intro]
F7
[Verse 1]
F7 I ain't goin' down Birmingham by myself Bb7 F7 I ain't goin' down Birmingham by myself C7 Bb7 F7 If I go, or take someone with me F7 Give me an airplane, fly over Birminghame Bb7 Give me an airplane and fly over Birmingham F7 C7 Bb7 Drop me a bomb and keep on flyin' on
[Verse 2]
F7 I feel so bad, I read about Birmingham, I feel so bad Bb7 I read, read about Birmingham F7 C7 Bb7 Oh do I know about things, a man is just a man F7 God made this land Bb7 He give the land to no one, to no one, land F7 And God made equal Bb7 Equal, equal Bb7 I don't know why F7 Birmingham treat people, the people the way they do C7 Bb7 But I ain't goin' down Birmingham by myself F7 I swear I ain't
[Verse 3]
F7 Bb7 One thing I do know F7 Bb7 Our President, he out doin' everything he can F7 For every man, equal right F7 It takes time, I do know C7 Bb7 F7 Bb7 But one day, Birmingham, Mississippi, and Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky F7 All them states, Arkansas