Intro AVerse 1:
A D Got my shoes from the Salvation Army A E Got my hat from a kind-hearted friend A Hocked my watch at a pawnshop in Buffalo E A For a bottle of wine and a flea-bitten bedInterlude AD A When the sun comes up in the morning D A When the wine in my bottle goes down D A Put my hat on my head & my shoes on my feet E A And go walking back to BirminghamVerse 2:
A D I've got a three-acre farm and a catfish pond A E and a smokehouse filled with country ham A Well, that thousand miles of road won't seem far to go E A 'Cause I'm walking back to BirminghamOutro E A Yea, I'll go walking back to Birmingham AD A When the sun comes up in the morning D A When the wine in my bottle goes down D A Put my hat on my head & my shoes on my feet E A And go walking back to Birmingham