Hello La Bye Bye Birmingham

G D A 8x 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 G D A 2x 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 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 G D A 8x 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 A B E 8x 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 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 A B E 8x A E B bye, bye Birmingham A E B bye, bye Birmingham A E B bye, bye Birmingham A E B bye, bye Birmingham A B E 4x