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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
...BIRMINGHAM... by Randy Newman ----------------................
*from 'Good Old Boys' (1974)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Intro:
CG7, FC, CG, C
Verse 1:
CG9C7FF/ED7 Got a wife, got a family; earn my livin' with my hand. CAmD7G7CG7 I'm a roller, in a steel mill, in down-town Birming-ham.
Verse 2:
CG9C7FF/ED7 My daddy, was a barber; and a most un-sightly man. CAm He was born in In Tusca-loosa, D7G7CG7 But he died right here in Birming-ham.
Chorus 1:
CF Birmingham, Birmingham; CAmD7G7 The greatest city in Ala-bam'. CC7FF/ED7 You can travel 'cross this en-tire land, CGC But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.
Interlude:
CFC, CAm, D7G7 CFC, CG, C
Bridge 1:
C Wife's named Mary, but she's called Marie, FC We live in a three room house with a pepper tree. FF/ED7GG7 I work all day in the factory; that's al-right with me.
Verse 4:
CG9C7 Got a big black dog, whose name is Dan, FF/ED7 Lives in my backyard, in Birmingham. CE7AmD7G7 He's the meanest dog in Alabam'; get 'em Dan!
Chorus 2:
CF Birmingham, Birmingham, CAmD7G7 The greatest city in Ala-bam'. CC7FF/ED7 You can travel 'cross this en-tire land, CGC But there ain't no place like Birming-ham.