Birmingham Sunday - Rhiannon Giddens Chords

Chords: CHORD, D, C, G, A, Em

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Genre: folk, blues, gospel

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY

RHIANNON GIDDENS

NOTE: This was a request for this song to be done

as a CHORD TAB in standard tuning in spite
of it being a piano song. Please keep that

in mind when playing and rating this tab.

INTRO:

D C G A D

D C G A G

D G D

D G D

VERSE:

D G
Come round by my side and I'll sing you a song

D C D
I'll sing it so softly it'll do no one wrong

D G D
On Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

C G D C G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom

VERSE:

D G
That cold autumn morning no eyes saw the sun

D C D
And Addie Mae Collins, her number was one

D G D
At an old baptist church there was no need to run

C G D D G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedom

VERSE:

D G
Now the clouds they were grey and the autumn wind blew

D C D
And Denise McNair brought the number to two

D G D
The falcon of death was a creature they knew

C G D
And the choirs kept singing of freedooooooom

C G D
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh

D
Ahhh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahhh

VERSE:

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