Birmingham Blues

Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Out of the Blue" (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

capo: 2nd fret
play: A
key: B
For original chords transpose this tab +2 to B.

CHORDS

Intro

        E-A-D-G-B-e
Gm      3-5-5-3-3-3
Eb/G    3-6-5-3-4-3

Interlude

        E-A-D-G-B-e
A       x-x-x-6-5-5
E       x-x-x-4-5-4
D       x-x-x-2-3-3

Intro

| Gm | Eb/G |
 (freely)
| A | % | % | % |
| A | % | % | % |

Verse

A
Working on the road across this great big world
          E7
I've been rolling like a stone, I never get back home
               D7
Yes, I've been long-gone
    E7                           A
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues

Verse

A
Been across the ocean to the south sea isles
        E7
Yeah, I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles
              D7
And I've been long-gone
    E7                           F
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues

Chorus

E
 Across the world I've seen
E
  People and places
E
  Could be the same
F
 But with a different name

Interlude

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E   D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E     D

Verse

  A
I wouldn't change the things I do for anything
             E7
But I'd just like to hear the message of the streets again
          D7
Give me a ticket
      E7                           F
Cause boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues

Verse

   A
It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet
  E7
Industrial Revolution put it on its feet
           D7
But it's a long, long way
E7                           F
Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues

Chorus

E
 Across the world I've seen
E
  People and places
E
  Could be the same
F
 But with a different name

Interlude

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E   D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E     D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E     D

Solo

| A | % | E7 | % | D7 | E7 | B |

Verse

     A
I'll go and stay awhile and all the folks I meet
                E7
They'll say "You won't stay long, you got them travelling feet
               D7
You'll soon be long-gone
     E7                           F
'Cos boy, you got the rest of the world blues!"

Chorus

E
 Across the world I've seen
E
  People and places
E
  Could be the same
F
 But with a different name

Interlude

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E   D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E     D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A     E     D    A     E     D

Chorus

E
 Ooh, ooh, ooh (across the world)
E
  People and places
E
  Oooh, ooh (everywhere I’ve been)
F
 La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la la, la

Chorus

E
 Across the world I've seen
E
  People and places
E
  Could be the same
F
 But you know it’s got a different name

Chorus

E
 Ooh, ooh, ooh (across the world)
E
  People and places
E
  Oooh, ooh (everywhere I’ve been)
F
 La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la la, la