My Homes In Chords by Alabama

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_ _ Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat top [G] on them good old gospel songs.
[C] Then I heard about the barrooms just [A] across the Georgia line,
where a boy could make a living [D] playing guitar late at night.
Had to learn about the ladies 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 [D] some other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music, let the ladies walk away,
took my songs and dreams to Nashville, [G] then I moved on to L.A.
[C] Up to New York City, all [A] across the U.S.A.
I've lost so much of me, but there's [D] enough of me to say
[G] that 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. _
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_ _ What keeps me going, I don't really know.
Can't be the money, [G] Lord knows I'm always broke.
[C] Could it be the satisfaction [A] of being understood
when the people really love you [D] and let you know when it's good.
Oh, I'll speak my southern English as natural as I please.
I'm in the heart of Dixie, [G] Dixie's in the heart of me.
_ [C] 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
that [G] my _ [A] home's in [D] Alabama, _ [Am] no matter where [D] I lay my head. _
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ [G] southern born and [D] southern bred. _
[Am] Southern born and [D] southern bred. _
[Am] Southern [D] [G] born and [D] southern bred. _
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