Birmingham Chords

[Intro]
Em G C     G (x2)
 
 
[Verse 1]
        Em              G
Well, I killed a man in Birmingham
 C                  G
I hit him with a tire iron
   Em                 G                C G
He did not move and I do not give a damn
 
          Em
I've been working here
       G
Like a slavin' mule
C                 G
Sucking the earth dry of crude
Em            G                C      G
Looking for a way out of it all
 
Em
Cops are coming
      G
I can feel 'em here
   C                     G
My back is crawling with standing hair
Em               G                  C   G
Wouldn't mind to see a few pigs fall
 
 
[Chorus]
           Em          G
So take me down to the river
   C                G
My blood all on the floor
Em                          G
Cause I don't know if I can carry 

this weight
     C         G
Much longer anymore
 
Em             G
Take me up the mountain
     C                   G
On a cloud bound for the sky
Em    n.c.        G  n.c.
Don't go praying for me
          C     n.c.             G  n.c.
Because tonight I'm prepared to die
 
 
[Interlude]
Em G C     G (x4)
 
 
[Verse 2]
    Em                  G
That night out there in Birmingham
     C                G
That boy who tried to rob me
  Em              G
I did not want to but I had to
C                 G
Show that boy the real me
 
    Em      G
At night I often wonder
        C               G
What my tombstone would say
     Em                      G
Would they mention any of my good
        C          G
Or just evil in my days
 
    Em           G
The dust has now settled
           C               G
From those boys who busted in
Em n.c.     G  n.c.
I am not a bad man
            C     n.c.    G  n.c.
But there's bullets in my skin
 
 
[Chorus]
           Em          G
So take me down to the river
   C                G
My blood all on the floor
Em                          G
Cause I don't know if I can carry 
this weight
     C         G
Much longer anymore
 
Em             G
Take me up the mountain
     C                   G
On a cloud bound for the sky
Em                   G
Don't go praying for me
        C                       G
Because tonight I'm prepared to die
 
 
[Interlude]
Em G C     G (x4)
 
 
[Outro]
        Em              G           
Well, I killed a man in Birmingham, 
     C               G
that boy he tried to rob me
  Em              G            C    
I did not want to but I had to show 
             G
that boy the real me