Birmingham Blues
Electric Light Orchestra
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham Blues - Electric Light Orchestra --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Gm 3-5-5-3-3-3 Eb/G 3-6-5-3-4-3 [Interlude] A x-x-x-6-5-5 E x-x-x-4-5-4 D x-x-x-2-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] (freely) | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | [Verse] Working on the road across this great big world I’ve been rolling like a stone I never get back home Yes I’ve been long-gone And boy I’ve got the Birmingham Blues [Verse] Been across the ocean to the south sea isles Yeah I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles And I’ve been long-gone And boy I’ve got the Birmingham Blues [Chorus] Across the world I’ve seen People and places Could be the same But with a different name [Interlude] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Verse] I wouldn’t change the things I do for anything But I’d just like to hear the message of the streets again Give me a ticket Cause boy I’ve got the Birmingham Blues [Verse] It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet Industrial Revolution put it on its feet But it’s a long long way Boy I’ve got the Birmingham Blues [Chorus] Across the world I’ve seen People and places Could be the same But with a different name [Interlude] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Solo] | | % | | % | | | | [Verse] I’ll go and stay awhile and all the folks I meet They’ll say "You won’t stay long you got them travelling feet You’ll soon be long-gone ’Cos boy you got the rest of the world blues!" [Chorus] Across the world I’ve seen People and places Could be the same But with a different name [Interlude] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh (across the world) People and places Oooh ooh (everywhere I’ve been) La la la la la la la la la la [Chorus] Across the world I’ve seen People and places Could be the same But you know it’s got a different name [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh (across the world) People and places Oooh ooh (everywhere I’ve been) La la la la la la la la la la (fade over last chorus)
