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