Chords for My Home's In Alabama (Single Edit)
Tempo:
77.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Am
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [A] [D]
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat top on them [G] good old gospel songs.
Then I [C] heard about the barrooms [A] just across the Georgia line, where a boy could make a
living playing [D] guitar late at night.
I had to learn about the ladies [D] too young to understand why the young girls fall in
love [G] with the boys in the band.
[C] When the boys turn to music, [A] the girls just turn away to some other guitar picker in some
[D] other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music, let the [D] ladies walk away.
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, [G] then I moved on to L.A.
[C] Up to New York City, [A] all across the USA.
I've lost so much of me, but [D] there's enough of me to say.
That [G] my [A] home's in [D] Alabama, no [Am] matter where I [D] lay my head.
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, [G] southern born and [D] southern bred.
[Am] [A]
[D] [Am]
[A] [D] What keeps me going, [D] I don't really know.
Can't be the money, [G] Lord knows I'm always broke.
Could [C] it be the satisfaction of [A] being understood, when the people really love you and [D] let you
know when it's good.
Oh, I'll speak my southern English, as [D] natural as I please.
I'm in the heart of Dixie, [G] Dixie's in the heart of me.
[C] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
[D] I'll just smile with pride and say.
[G] That my home's [D] in Alabama, [Am] no matter where [D] I lay my head.
[G] My home's [F#m] in Alabama, [G] southern born and [D] southern bred.
[Am] Southern born and [D] southern bred.
[Am] Southern born [A] [D] and southern bred.
[Am] [D]
[B]
[C] [D]
[C] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [A] [D]
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat top on them [G] good old gospel songs.
Then I [C] heard about the barrooms [A] just across the Georgia line, where a boy could make a
living playing [D] guitar late at night.
I had to learn about the ladies [D] too young to understand why the young girls fall in
love [G] with the boys in the band.
[C] When the boys turn to music, [A] the girls just turn away to some other guitar picker in some
[D] other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music, let the [D] ladies walk away.
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, [G] then I moved on to L.A.
[C] Up to New York City, [A] all across the USA.
I've lost so much of me, but [D] there's enough of me to say.
That [G] my [A] home's in [D] Alabama, no [Am] matter where I [D] lay my head.
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, [G] southern born and [D] southern bred.
[Am] [A]
[D] [Am]
[A] [D] What keeps me going, [D] I don't really know.
Can't be the money, [G] Lord knows I'm always broke.
Could [C] it be the satisfaction of [A] being understood, when the people really love you and [D] let you
know when it's good.
Oh, I'll speak my southern English, as [D] natural as I please.
I'm in the heart of Dixie, [G] Dixie's in the heart of me.
[C] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
[D] I'll just smile with pride and say.
[G] That my home's [D] in Alabama, [Am] no matter where [D] I lay my head.
[G] My home's [F#m] in Alabama, [G] southern born and [D] southern bred.
[Am] Southern born and [D] southern bred.
[Am] Southern born [A] [D] and southern bred.
[Am] [D]
[B]
[C] [D]
[C] [D]
Key:
D
G
Am
A
C
D
G
Am
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D]
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat top on them [G] good old gospel songs.
Then I [C] heard about the barrooms [A] just across the Georgia line, where a boy could make a
living playing [D] guitar late at night.
I had to learn about the ladies [D] too young to understand why the young girls fall in
love [G] with the boys in the band.
[C] When the boys turn to music, [A] the girls just turn away to some other guitar picker in some
[D] other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music, let the [D] ladies walk away.
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, [G] then I moved on to L.A.
[C] Up to New York City, [A] all across the USA.
I've lost so much of me, but [D] there's enough of me to say.
That [G] my _ [A] home's in [D] Alabama, no [Am] matter where I [D] lay my head.
[G] My _ home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ [G] southern born and [D] southern bred.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ What keeps me going, [D] I don't really know.
_ Can't be the money, [G] Lord knows I'm always broke.
Could [C] it be the satisfaction of [A] being understood, when the people really love you and [D] let you
know when it's good.
Oh, I'll speak my southern English, as [D] natural as I please.
I'm in the heart of Dixie, [G] Dixie's in the heart of me.
[C] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
[D] I'll just smile with pride and say.
[G] That my _ home's [D] in Alabama, _ [Am] no matter _ where [D] I lay my head.
[G] My _ home's [F#m] in Alabama, _ [G] southern _ born and [D] southern bred. _
[Am] Southern born and [D] southern bred. _
[Am] Southern born [A] _ [D] and southern bred. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D]
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat top on them [G] good old gospel songs.
Then I [C] heard about the barrooms [A] just across the Georgia line, where a boy could make a
living playing [D] guitar late at night.
I had to learn about the ladies [D] too young to understand why the young girls fall in
love [G] with the boys in the band.
[C] When the boys turn to music, [A] the girls just turn away to some other guitar picker in some
[D] other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music, let the [D] ladies walk away.
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, [G] then I moved on to L.A.
[C] Up to New York City, [A] all across the USA.
I've lost so much of me, but [D] there's enough of me to say.
That [G] my _ [A] home's in [D] Alabama, no [Am] matter where I [D] lay my head.
[G] My _ home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ [G] southern born and [D] southern bred.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ What keeps me going, [D] I don't really know.
_ Can't be the money, [G] Lord knows I'm always broke.
Could [C] it be the satisfaction of [A] being understood, when the people really love you and [D] let you
know when it's good.
Oh, I'll speak my southern English, as [D] natural as I please.
I'm in the heart of Dixie, [G] Dixie's in the heart of me.
[C] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
[D] I'll just smile with pride and say.
[G] That my _ home's [D] in Alabama, _ [Am] no matter _ where [D] I lay my head.
[G] My _ home's [F#m] in Alabama, _ [G] southern _ born and [D] southern bred. _
[Am] Southern born and [D] southern bred. _
[Am] Southern born [A] _ [D] and southern bred. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _