Intro: E A E B E E/G# Got a wife, got a family A F# Earn my livin' with my hand B I'm a roller in a steel mill E In downtown Birmingham My daddy was a barber And a most unsightly man He was born in tuscaloosa But he died right here in Birmingham E A Birmingham, Birmingham E F#7 B The greatest city in alabam' E A F#7 You can travel 'cross this entire land B E But there's no place like Birmingham Wife's named mary but she's called marie We live in a three room house with a pepper tree I work all day in the factory That's alright with me Got a big black dog Whose name is dan Lives in my backyard in birmingham He is the meanest dog in alabam' Get 'em dan Chorus by: José Duarte [email protected]