Biography:
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
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Other songs:
- Hay Un Amigo En Mí (toy Story)
- If I Didn't Have You
- It's A Jungle Out There
- Mcqueen And Sally
- Political Science
- Short People
- The Time Of Your Life
- Yo Soy Tu Amigo Fiel
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- Youve Got A Friend In Me
- You’ve Got A Friend In Me
- A Wedding In Cherokee County
- Almost There
- Back On My Feet Again
- Bad News From Home
- Baltimore
- Be A Pepper
- Beehive State
- Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
- Big And Loud
- Birmingham
- Blue Shadows On The Trail
- Burn On
- Cant Keep A Good Man Down
- Christmas In Cape Town
- Dancing
- Davy The Fat Boy
- Dayton Ohio 1903
- Dixie Flyer
- Every Man A King
- Every Time It Rains
- Falling In Love
- Feels Like Home
- Follow The Flag
- Ghosts
- Gods Song
- Gone Dead Train
- Guilty
- Have You Seen My Baby
- He Gives Us All His Love
- I Love La
- I Love To See You Smile
- I Miss You
- I Think Hes Hiding
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
- I Will Go Sailing No More
- If I Didnt Have You
- Ill Be Home
- Im Different
- In Germany Before The War
- Its A Jungle Out There
- Its Money That I Love
- Its Money That Matters
- Jolly Coppers On Parade
- Last Night I Had A Dream
- Laugh And Be Happy
- Living Without You
- Lonely At The Top
- Losing You
- Louisiana 1927
- Love Story
- Ma Belle Evangeline
- Mama Told Me Not To Come
- Marie
- Maybe Im Doing It Wrong
- Memo To My Son
- Mr President Have Pity On The Working Man
- My Country
- My Little Buttercup
- My Old Kentucky Home
- Naked Man
- Old Man
- Only A Girl
- Pretty Boy
- Rednecks
- Rider In The Rain
- Rollin
- Sail Away
- She Chose Me
- Sigmund Freuds Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In America
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Something Special
- Song For The Dead
- Spies
- Strange Things
- Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
- The Blues
- The Girls In My Life Part 1
- The Great Nations Of Europe
- The Story Of A Rocknroll Band
- The World Isnt Fair
- Wandering Boy
- We Belong Together
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...BIRMINGHAM... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Good Old Boys' (1974)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Intro:
C G7, F C, C G, C
Verse 1:
C G9 C7 F F/E D7
Got a wife, got a family; earn my livin' with my hand.
C Am D7 G7 C G7
I'm a roller, in a steel mill, in down-town Birming-ham.
Verse 2:
C G9 C7 F F/E D7
My daddy, was a barber; and a most un-sightly man.
C Am
He was born in In Tusca-loosa,
D7 G7 C G7
But he died right here in Birming-ham.
Chorus 1:
C F
Birmingham, Birmingham;
C Am D7 G7
The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C C7 F F/E D7
You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
C G C
But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Interlude:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
Bridge 1:
C
Wife's named Mary, but she's called Marie,
F C
We live in a three room house with a pepper tree.
F F/E D7 G G7
I work all day in the factory; that's al-right with me.
Verse 4:
C G9 C7
Got a big black dog, whose name is Dan,
F F/E D7
Lives in my backyard, in Birmingham.
C E7 Am D7 G7
He's the meanest dog in Alabam'; get 'em Dan!
Chorus 2:
C F
Birmingham, Birmingham,
C Am D7 G7
The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C C7 F F/E D7
You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
C G C
But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Outro:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
C G7 F G G9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 323000 133211 320003 323200
C7 F/E D7 Am E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32310 xx2010 xx0212 x02210 020100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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*from 'Good Old Boys' (1974)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Intro:
C G7, F C, C G, C
Verse 1:
C G9 C7 F F/E D7
Got a wife, got a family; earn my livin' with my hand.
C Am D7 G7 C G7
I'm a roller, in a steel mill, in down-town Birming-ham.
Verse 2:
C G9 C7 F F/E D7
My daddy, was a barber; and a most un-sightly man.
C Am
He was born in In Tusca-loosa,
D7 G7 C G7
But he died right here in Birming-ham.
Chorus 1:
C F
Birmingham, Birmingham;
C Am D7 G7
The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C C7 F F/E D7
You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
C G C
But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Interlude:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
Bridge 1:
C
Wife's named Mary, but she's called Marie,
F C
We live in a three room house with a pepper tree.
F F/E D7 G G7
I work all day in the factory; that's al-right with me.
Verse 4:
C G9 C7
Got a big black dog, whose name is Dan,
F F/E D7
Lives in my backyard, in Birmingham.
C E7 Am D7 G7
He's the meanest dog in Alabam'; get 'em Dan!
Chorus 2:
C F
Birmingham, Birmingham,
C Am D7 G7
The greatest city in Ala-bam'.
C C7 F F/E D7
You can travel 'cross this en-tire land,
C G C
But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Outro:
C F C, C Am, D7 G7
C F C, C G, C
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
C G7 F G G9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 323000 133211 320003 323200
C7 F/E D7 Am E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32310 xx2010 xx0212 x02210 020100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
