Beckys Back In Birmingham

	  		Intro: G G/F# Em7 D C D G 

Verse 1:
 
      G              G/F#         Em7      D 
Round here it's the bills and the lack of jobs 
          C         D     G 
That dominates our table talks 
     G            G/F#    Em7     D 
But tonight as I buttered up my bread 
       C                  D      G 
Momma said, "guess who I saw at Walt's?" 
   G        G/F#        Em7       D 
I heard her name, and I felt the pain 
       C       D      G 
Of excitement and regret 
G         G/F#  Em7    D 
Just like that, in my mind, 
       C      D   G 
I was twenty-one again 

Pre-Chorus
 
Am                           D 
I wonder if I'm the reason why 

 
      G      G/F#   Em7 
That Becky's back in Birmingham 
   C       D     G 
I bet she never left 
  G                   Em7 
I doubt this place is in my heart 
     C            D  Dsus4 D 
That Becky never left 
   Am              D 
I wonder if she's hummin' 
         C       C/B     Am 
Our old song "The Way I Am" 
          C              D       G 
Now that Becky's back in Birmingham 


Verse 2:
 
        G         G/F#    Em7        D 
Yeah, I guess she never caught that dream 
     Cadd9     D        G 
That she left here to chase 
G           G/F#   Em7          D 
She's been burning wild through mine 
        Cadd9      D     G 
Like a can't-be-put-out flame 
        G         G/F#     Em7        D 
Yeah, I wonder if she got rid of that ring 
       Cadd9   D      G 
Or does she  have it still? 
     G        G/F#           Em7             D 
Does she ever wish her "no" could have been "yes"? 
   Cadd9    D     G 
The way I always will 

Pre-Chorus
 
Am                           D 
I guess there's only one way to find out 

 
       G      G/F#   Em7 
While Becky's back in Birmingham 
  C       D     G 
I bet she never guessed 
    G        G/F#     Em7 
I doubt this place is in my heart 
      C              D Dsus4 D 
That Becky never left 
   Em7              D 
I wonder if she's thinkin' 
         C        C/B    Am 
The same thoughts that I am 
 C              D       G 
Now that Becky's back in Birmingham 


Bridge:
 
C 
Here I stand, reelin' 
C 
I got that first-time front-porch kiss stealin' 
C                                                   D Dsus4 D 
How fallin' feels while she looks into my eyes and smiles 

Final 
G      G/F#   Em7 
Yeah, Becky's back in Birmingham 
       C       D      G 
And a few will never guess 
        G      G/F#     Em7 
Yeah, I made a mark on Becky's heart 
     C                   D Dsus4 D 
That she can't quite forget 
       Em7                D 
Yeah, things are back to being 
             C        C/B       Am 
The way they always should have been 
C              D       G 
Now that Becky's back in Birmingham 

Becky's back in Birmingham