song:  Train to Birmingham 
by:  cody canada

this is a kevin welch song, cody and the boys sometimes play it live it was on
the request list so here it is.  Kevin plays this in the key of E, but i think
cody plays in the key of G.


G                        D
I've been riding on this train 
         Am             C
Drinking whiskey for the pain just
G                D           C 
Another good ol' boy headed home 
G                D
And every town I see 
         Am            C
Seems to take a part of me 
G                         D            C  
That's the price that you pay when you roam 
       Am           Em
Well I cry when I have to 
  F      C      D
And I lie when I can 
       G  B*    Em*  C
But I die a little slower 
       G     D         G
On the train to Birmingham 
G                      D
I got holes in both my shoes 
      Am                 C
Got  a guitar full of blues 
G                   D       C
And a one way ticket for my remedy 
G                         D
It's the same ol' lonesome song 
          Am                C
I've been singing all night long 
G                   D          C
Hey, porter, are we out of Tennessee 
       Am        Em
Well I cry when I have to 
      F   C      D
And I lie when I can 
       G  B*     Em*    C
But I die a little slower 
       G     D        G
On the train to Birmingham 

SOLO

G                           D
Well every year I take this train 
   Am            C
To Alabama in the rain 
G                        D            C
When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones 
G                     D
I never get to Birmingham 
          Am                 C
But gettin' there ain't the plan 
       G             D        C                      
I just like the feel of going home 
       Am        Em
Well I cry when I have to 
      F   C      G
And I lie when I can 
       G  B*     Em*  C
But I die a little slower 
       G     D         G
On the train to Birmingham 
       G     D  C   D    G
On the train to Birmingham

* ust play the bass note of the chords pretty quick

note:  cody also sometimes skips the middle verse and just plays the first and last.