Birmingham
Ryan Adams
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- C/B
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Key:
C G I wish I was a painterD G Charcoal and buffaloC G Or a presidential motorcadeD Where the cops just come and goC G Return me to the stationD G A box and empty bagC G Fall asleep watching the twister [Chorus]C C/B Am7 (Gsus4) In some broken down hotel in Birmingham Gsus4 G x2 [Verse]C G Cause I wish I was a calendarD G Numbers and good namesC G Variating slightlyD But only the pictures ever changeC G Mark me 'return to sender'D G I'm like a letter without a stampContinues after the adC G I wasn't written to be readC G And I am sleepless in this bed [Chorus]C C/B Am7 (Gsus4) In some broken down hotel in Birmingham Gsus4 G x4 [Verse]C G Held her hand in Old SavannahD G Marigold print on her dressC G Her hair was combed and partedD Like a beautiful princessC G I didn't see you at the altarD G Way back then you were so drunkC G You were washed up on some hooker's bedD Behind a shitty restaurantsC G Bought her pretty clothes and diamondsD G The guy was born to be her manC G We were more than commentaryD For a cheap headline grabC G So when the wind blows in your windowD G 'Cause the storm don't give a damnC Pray the window don't breakG D Across the wrist of your writing handC G On a stationary wept with tearsD G Of the peoples backs you stabC G When you're hiding like a robberD With no one's purse to grabC G D Remember me standing there holding out my hand [Chorus]C C/B Am7 G In a broken down hotel in Birmingham [Other] C G x3D C G x3DG