Chords for "My Home's In Alabama" - Alabama: Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
Tempo:
159.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Bm
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[E]
[D] [E]
[Db]
Drinking was forbidden [E]
in my Christian country [Abm] home.
[E] I learned to play the flattop on [A] them good old gospel songs.
[D] Then I heard about the ballrooms [B] just across the Georgia line,
where a boy could make a living [E] playing guitar [B] late at night.
[E] Had to learn about the ladies too [Abm] young to understand
[Bm]
why the young girls [E] fall in love [A] with the boys in the band.
[D] When the boys turn to music, [B] the girls just turn away
to some other guitar picker in [E] some other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music.
I let [Abm] the ladies [E] walk away.
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, then I moved [A] on to L.A.
[D] Up to New York City, [B] all across the U.S.A.
I lost so much of me, but there's [E] enough for me to say
that my
[B] home's in [E]
Alabama.
No [Bm] matter where I [E] lay my head,
[A] my home's [E] in [Ab] Alabama.
[A] Southern bone [E] and southern [B] brain.
[Bm]
[E]
I speak my southern English just as natural as I please.
[Dbm] [E] I'm in the heart of Dixie.
[A] Dixie's in the heart of me.
[D] And someday when I make it, [B] when love finds a way,
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain, [E] I'll just smile with pride and say
that [A]
my [B] home's in [E] Alabama.
[B] No [Bm] matter where I [E] lay my head,
[A] my home's [Abm]
[A] in Alabama.
Southern bone and [B] southern brain.
[Bm] Southern bone and southern [B]
brain.
Southern [Bm] bone and southern [E] brain.
[Bm]
[E]
[Bm]
[A] [E]
I'm [Bm] southern bone and southern [E] brain.
[N]
[E]
[D] [E]
[Db]
Drinking was forbidden [E]
in my Christian country [Abm] home.
[E] I learned to play the flattop on [A] them good old gospel songs.
[D] Then I heard about the ballrooms [B] just across the Georgia line,
where a boy could make a living [E] playing guitar [B] late at night.
[E] Had to learn about the ladies too [Abm] young to understand
[Bm]
why the young girls [E] fall in love [A] with the boys in the band.
[D] When the boys turn to music, [B] the girls just turn away
to some other guitar picker in [E] some other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music.
I let [Abm] the ladies [E] walk away.
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, then I moved [A] on to L.A.
[D] Up to New York City, [B] all across the U.S.A.
I lost so much of me, but there's [E] enough for me to say
that my
[B] home's in [E]
Alabama.
No [Bm] matter where I [E] lay my head,
[A] my home's [E] in [Ab] Alabama.
[A] Southern bone [E] and southern [B] brain.
[Bm]
[E]
I speak my southern English just as natural as I please.
[Dbm] [E] I'm in the heart of Dixie.
[A] Dixie's in the heart of me.
[D] And someday when I make it, [B] when love finds a way,
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain, [E] I'll just smile with pride and say
that [A]
my [B] home's in [E] Alabama.
[B] No [Bm] matter where I [E] lay my head,
[A] my home's [Abm]
[A] in Alabama.
Southern bone and [B] southern brain.
[Bm] Southern bone and southern [B]
brain.
Southern [Bm] bone and southern [E] brain.
[Bm]
[E]
[Bm]
[A] [E]
I'm [Bm] southern bone and southern [E] brain.
[N]
Key:
E
B
Bm
A
D
E
B
Bm
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ Drinking was forbidden [E] _
in my Christian country [Abm] home.
_ [E] I learned to play the flattop on [A] them good old gospel _ songs.
[D] Then I heard about the ballrooms [B] just across the Georgia line,
_ where a boy could make a living _ [E] playing guitar [B] late at night.
_ [E] Had to learn about the ladies _ too [Abm] young to _ understand
_ _ [Bm]
why the young girls [E] fall in love _ [A] with the boys in the band.
[D] When the boys turn to music, _ [B] the girls just turn away
_ to some other guitar _ picker in [E] some other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music.
_ I let [Abm] the ladies [E] walk away.
_ Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, _ then I moved [A] on to L.A.
_ _ [D] Up to New York City, _ _ [B] all across the U.S.A.
I lost so much of me, but there's [E] enough for me to say
that my _
_ _ [B] _ home's in _ [E] _
Alabama.
_ _ No [Bm] matter _ _ where _ _ I [E] lay my _ _ head, _ _
_ [A] my _ _ _ _ home's [E] in [Ab] _ _ Alabama. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Southern bone [E] and _ _ southern [B] brain. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I speak my southern English _ just as natural as I _ please.
[Dbm] _ [E] I'm in the heart of Dixie.
_ [A] Dixie's in the heart of me.
_ _ [D] And someday when I make it, [B] when love finds a way,
_ somewhere high on Lookout Mountain, _ [E] I'll just smile with pride and say
that [A]
my _ _ _ [B] _ home's in [E] _ Alabama.
_ _ _ [B] No [Bm] matter _ _ _ _ where I [E] lay my _ _ head,
_ _ [A] my _ _ _ _ _ home's _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] in Alabama.
Southern _ bone _ _ _ and [B] southern brain.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Southern _ bone _ _ and southern [B] _
brain.
_ _ _ _ Southern [Bm] _ bone _ _ _ and southern [E] _ brain. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ I'm [Bm] southern _ bone _ _ _ _ and southern _ [E] brain. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ Drinking was forbidden [E] _
in my Christian country [Abm] home.
_ [E] I learned to play the flattop on [A] them good old gospel _ songs.
[D] Then I heard about the ballrooms [B] just across the Georgia line,
_ where a boy could make a living _ [E] playing guitar [B] late at night.
_ [E] Had to learn about the ladies _ too [Abm] young to _ understand
_ _ [Bm]
why the young girls [E] fall in love _ [A] with the boys in the band.
[D] When the boys turn to music, _ [B] the girls just turn away
_ to some other guitar _ picker in [E] some other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music.
_ I let [Abm] the ladies [E] walk away.
_ Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, _ then I moved [A] on to L.A.
_ _ [D] Up to New York City, _ _ [B] all across the U.S.A.
I lost so much of me, but there's [E] enough for me to say
that my _
_ _ [B] _ home's in _ [E] _
Alabama.
_ _ No [Bm] matter _ _ where _ _ I [E] lay my _ _ head, _ _
_ [A] my _ _ _ _ home's [E] in [Ab] _ _ Alabama. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Southern bone [E] and _ _ southern [B] brain. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I speak my southern English _ just as natural as I _ please.
[Dbm] _ [E] I'm in the heart of Dixie.
_ [A] Dixie's in the heart of me.
_ _ [D] And someday when I make it, [B] when love finds a way,
_ somewhere high on Lookout Mountain, _ [E] I'll just smile with pride and say
that [A]
my _ _ _ [B] _ home's in [E] _ Alabama.
_ _ _ [B] No [Bm] matter _ _ _ _ where I [E] lay my _ _ head,
_ _ [A] my _ _ _ _ _ home's _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] in Alabama.
Southern _ bone _ _ _ and [B] southern brain.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Southern _ bone _ _ and southern [B] _
brain.
_ _ _ _ Southern [Bm] _ bone _ _ _ and southern [E] _ brain. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ I'm [Bm] southern _ bone _ _ _ _ and southern _ [E] brain. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _