Chords for Alabama - Song Of The South (Official Video)
Tempo:
82.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
B
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Again, the American farmer looks out upon a Sahara in the making.
Rivers and lakes dry.
Corn, hay, wheat, alfalfa turn to dust.
Over 100,000 families are already destitute.
So parched are the fields that in most cases, there is no hope whatever.
Farmer Alex Gillis.
We're Americans, and [B] America's had a lot of hardships, but we're going to fight this [A] through.
[E] .
[D] [A] [E] .
[D] [A] [F#m] Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [E] mouth.
Gone, gone was the [G#] wind.
There ain't [D] nobody [A] looking back again.
.
Cotton on the [E] roadside, cotton in the ditch.
[D] We all [A] picked the cotton, but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [E] veteran, a southern democrat.
[D] They ought to get a rich [A] man to vote like that, singing.
Song, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a [A] shirt by my mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the wind.
[D] There ain't nobody looking [A] back again.
[E] [D] .
[A] [E] [D] .
[A] Somebody [E] told us Wall Street fell, [D] but we were so poor [A] that we couldn't tell.
Cotton was short [E] and the weeds were tall, [D] but Mr.
Roosevelt, they're going to save us all.
Everything we have to fear [A] is.
Well, mama got [E] sick and daddy got [D] down.
The county got the [A] farm and they moved to town.
Papa got a [E] job with the [D] TVA.
He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet.
Sing [A] it.
Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my mouth.
Gone, gone was the wind.
[G] There ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
[A] Sing it.
[E] [D] [A] .
[E] [D] [A] Sing it.
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
There ain't nobody looking back [A] again.
Song, [E] song of the [D] South.
.
[A] Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
[A] .
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] Gone, gone was the wind.
Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] [D] [A] Gone, [E] [D] ain't nobody looking back again.
[A].
Gone, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] [D] Ain't nobody [A] looking back again.
Song.
[E] [D] .
[C] [N] .
Why don't you have a kid?
.
[Bm] .
[N] .
Rivers and lakes dry.
Corn, hay, wheat, alfalfa turn to dust.
Over 100,000 families are already destitute.
So parched are the fields that in most cases, there is no hope whatever.
Farmer Alex Gillis.
We're Americans, and [B] America's had a lot of hardships, but we're going to fight this [A] through.
[E] .
[D] [A] [E] .
[D] [A] [F#m] Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [E] mouth.
Gone, gone was the [G#] wind.
There ain't [D] nobody [A] looking back again.
.
Cotton on the [E] roadside, cotton in the ditch.
[D] We all [A] picked the cotton, but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [E] veteran, a southern democrat.
[D] They ought to get a rich [A] man to vote like that, singing.
Song, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a [A] shirt by my mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the wind.
[D] There ain't nobody looking [A] back again.
[E] [D] .
[A] [E] [D] .
[A] Somebody [E] told us Wall Street fell, [D] but we were so poor [A] that we couldn't tell.
Cotton was short [E] and the weeds were tall, [D] but Mr.
Roosevelt, they're going to save us all.
Everything we have to fear [A] is.
Well, mama got [E] sick and daddy got [D] down.
The county got the [A] farm and they moved to town.
Papa got a [E] job with the [D] TVA.
He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet.
Sing [A] it.
Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my mouth.
Gone, gone was the wind.
[G] There ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
[A] Sing it.
[E] [D] [A] .
[E] [D] [A] Sing it.
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
There ain't nobody looking back [A] again.
Song, [E] song of the [D] South.
.
[A] Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
[A] .
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] Gone, gone was the wind.
Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] [D] [A] Gone, [E] [D] ain't nobody looking back again.
[A].
Gone, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] [D] Ain't nobody [A] looking back again.
Song.
[E] [D] .
[C] [N] .
Why don't you have a kid?
.
[Bm] .
[N] .
Key:
A
D
E
B
F#m
A
D
E
_ Again, the American farmer looks out upon a Sahara in the making.
Rivers and lakes dry.
Corn, hay, wheat, alfalfa turn to dust.
Over 100,000 families are already destitute.
So parched are the fields that in most cases, there is no hope whatever.
Farmer Alex Gillis.
We're Americans, and [B] America's had a lot of hardships, but we're going to fight this [A] through.
_ _ [E] _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [E] mouth.
Gone, gone was the [G#] wind.
There ain't [D] nobody [A] looking back again.
_ _ .
_ Cotton on the [E] roadside, cotton in the ditch.
[D] We all [A] picked the cotton, but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [E] veteran, a southern democrat.
[D] They ought to get a rich [A] man to vote like that, singing.
Song, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a [A] shirt by my mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the wind.
[D] There ain't nobody looking [A] back again.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ .
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Somebody [E] told us Wall Street fell, [D] but we were so poor [A] that we couldn't tell.
Cotton was short [E] and the weeds were tall, [D] but Mr.
Roosevelt, they're going to save us all.
Everything we have to fear [A] is_.
Well, mama got [E] sick and daddy got [D] down.
The county got the [A] farm and they moved to town.
Papa got a [E] job with the [D] TVA.
He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet.
_ _ Sing [A] it.
Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my mouth.
Gone, gone was the wind.
[G] There ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Sing it.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Sing it.
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
There ain't nobody looking back [A] again.
Song, [E] song of the [D] South.
_ _ _ .
[A] Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
_ _ _ [A] _ .
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] Gone, gone was the wind.
Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Gone, _ [E] _ _ [D] ain't nobody looking back again.
[A].
Gone, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
_ [E] _ _ [D] Ain't nobody [A] looking back again.
Song.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ .
Why don't you have _ _ a kid?
_ _ .
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Rivers and lakes dry.
Corn, hay, wheat, alfalfa turn to dust.
Over 100,000 families are already destitute.
So parched are the fields that in most cases, there is no hope whatever.
Farmer Alex Gillis.
We're Americans, and [B] America's had a lot of hardships, but we're going to fight this [A] through.
_ _ [E] _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [E] mouth.
Gone, gone was the [G#] wind.
There ain't [D] nobody [A] looking back again.
_ _ .
_ Cotton on the [E] roadside, cotton in the ditch.
[D] We all [A] picked the cotton, but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [E] veteran, a southern democrat.
[D] They ought to get a rich [A] man to vote like that, singing.
Song, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a [A] shirt by my mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the wind.
[D] There ain't nobody looking [A] back again.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ .
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Somebody [E] told us Wall Street fell, [D] but we were so poor [A] that we couldn't tell.
Cotton was short [E] and the weeds were tall, [D] but Mr.
Roosevelt, they're going to save us all.
Everything we have to fear [A] is_.
Well, mama got [E] sick and daddy got [D] down.
The county got the [A] farm and they moved to town.
Papa got a [E] job with the [D] TVA.
He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet.
_ _ Sing [A] it.
Song, song of the South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my mouth.
Gone, gone was the wind.
[G] There ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Sing it.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Sing it.
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
There ain't nobody looking back [A] again.
Song, [E] song of the [D] South.
_ _ _ .
[A] Gone, [E] gone was the [D] wind.
_ _ _ [A] _ .
[E] Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
[E] Gone, gone was the wind.
Song, song of the [D] South, sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Gone, _ [E] _ _ [D] ain't nobody looking back again.
[A].
Gone, [E] song of the South, [D] sweet potato pie and a shirt by my [A] mouth.
_ [E] _ _ [D] Ain't nobody [A] looking back again.
Song.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ .
Why don't you have _ _ a kid?
_ _ .
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .