Alabama Blues Chords by J.B. Lenoir

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_ [Eb] _ _ I [Gb] never [Ab] will go back to _ Alabama, _
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that is not the place for _ [Ab] me.
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[Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ I never [Db] will go back [Bbm] to _ [Db] Alabama, _ _ _ [B] _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ that is not the place for [Ab] me.
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[Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ You know they [Eb] killed my sister and my brother,
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and the whole world let them peoples go down [Ab] there free.
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I [Gb] never [Ab] will _ _ love _ Alabama, _ _ [B] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Alabama seem [Db] to never have love [Ab] for me.
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[Ab] _ _ I never [Db] will _ love _ Alabama, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Alabama seem to never have love [Ab] for _ me.
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[Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ Oh God I wish you [Eb] would rise up [Ab] one day, [Eb] _
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_ [Bbm] lead [Db] my peoples to the land [Ab] of peace.
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My brother [Ab] was taken up for my _ mother, [B] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ and the police _ officer shot him [Ab] down.
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_ My [Db] brother was taken up for my mother, _ _ _ _ _ _ and the _ police officer shot him [Ab] down.
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_ I can't help [Ab] but to [Bb] sit down and cry [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] sometimes, _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ think about how my poor brother lost his [Ab]
life.
_ [Db] Oh _ _ [B] _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Alabama, _
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why [Db] you wanna be so [Ab] mean?
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[Db] _ _ _ _ Oh _ Alabama, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] why you [Db] wanna _ be so [Ab] mean?
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[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ You got [Bb] my people behind the [Ab] barbed wire [Eb] fence,
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ now you're trying to take my freedom [F] [Ab] away from me.
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