Tom: F#m
E A
I packed everything I own and I put it in a knapsack
E A
I'm leaving Birmingham, yes, I am, and I ain't lookin' back
E A
I bought me a guitar and I wrote a song
D A
I played it for the DJ on the telephone
G D A
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes, I am
G D A
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
[Interlude]
G D A x2
[Verse]
E A
Riding on a Greyhound bus 'cross the Tennessee borderline
E A
Eating from a Po' Boy sandwich, taking drinks from a quart of wine
E A
I got to get off at the very last stop
D A
My ticket's only good to Little Rock
G D A
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes, I am
G D A
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
[Bridge]
C# F#
I got mixed up with a big city woman in Little Rock
B E
I had to spend a week one time in the county jail
C# F#
I had to take a two-day job to get my guitar out of hock
B E
That's the way it goes when you got no dough to make bail
[Interlude]
G D A x8
[Bridge]
F# B
I ran out of transportation funds, I had to hitchhike
F# B
I caught me a ride with a tattooed dude on a motorbike
F# B
People gonna know when I'm in town
E B
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound
A E B
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes, I am
A E B
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
[Solo]
A B E x8
[Bridge]
F# B
I ran out of transportation funds, I had to hitchhike
F# B
I caught me a ride with a tattooed dude on a motorbike
F# B
People gonna know when I'm in town
E B
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound
A E B
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes, I am
A E B
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
[Bridge]
A E B
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
A E B
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
A E B
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
A E B
Hello L.A., bye, bye Birmingham
[Solo]
A B E x8
[Bridge]
A E B
bye, bye Birmingham
A E B
bye, bye Birmingham
A E B
bye, bye Birmingham
A E B
bye, bye Birmingham
[Outro]
A B E x4
