Chords for Brent Cobb - King of Alabama [Official Video]
Tempo:
72.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G#m
B
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [E] [A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [F#m] [A]
[E] [Em] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] He's a friend.
[B] He both rolled the [E] highways on the [A] song.
[E]
So I'm writing this one here.
[A] In memory of him.
[B] [F#] [E]
[A]
[B] [A] [B]
[E] [A]
[B] [A] [B] The king of [C#m] Alabama has [G#m] gone.
[A] He was a man of [E] your [C#m] school can had a great [G#m] big laid [A] back man.
[E] Let your whole to get all the [F#m] things.
If you thought he looked you know the hurting.
[G#m] I'm Alabama.
Cross the Rio [A] Grande beat black [F#m] top down with five.
[B] And I could [E] totally [A] love it.
[E] [A] [F#m] [A] [E]
[A] [F#m] [A] [E] And nothing good ever [A] happens after [E] midnight, [A] so the story goes.
[B] You can't trust nobody, [A] it don't [B] matter how [E] close.
There was a friend that took him [A] from his family.
[B] I keep his chain in my pocket, his son in my [A] prayer.
Every stage I'm on, [B] I can feel him [C#m] there.
Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let the [G#m] wind take him [A] where it [E] made him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make things [G#m] go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king of [F#m] Alabama [B] has [C#m] gone.
[G#m] [A] [G#m] [F#]
[A] [G#m] [F#m] [A] [E] [F#m]
[B] [C#m] Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let [G#m] the wind take him [A] where it [E] made [C#m] him.
[G#m] Honky-tonk, he said, [A] forget [E] it, get your autograph.
He let the [C#m] [G#m] wind take [A] him where it made [E] him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make [G#m] things go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama [B] has [E] gone home.
[G#m] [Bm] [A]
[E] [A] [F#m] [A]
[E] [Em] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] He's a friend.
[B] He both rolled the [E] highways on the [A] song.
[E]
So I'm writing this one here.
[A] In memory of him.
[B] [F#] [E]
[A]
[B] [A] [B]
[E] [A]
[B] [A] [B] The king of [C#m] Alabama has [G#m] gone.
[A] He was a man of [E] your [C#m] school can had a great [G#m] big laid [A] back man.
[E] Let your whole to get all the [F#m] things.
If you thought he looked you know the hurting.
[G#m] I'm Alabama.
Cross the Rio [A] Grande beat black [F#m] top down with five.
[B] And I could [E] totally [A] love it.
[E] [A] [F#m] [A] [E]
[A] [F#m] [A] [E] And nothing good ever [A] happens after [E] midnight, [A] so the story goes.
[B] You can't trust nobody, [A] it don't [B] matter how [E] close.
There was a friend that took him [A] from his family.
[B] I keep his chain in my pocket, his son in my [A] prayer.
Every stage I'm on, [B] I can feel him [C#m] there.
Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let the [G#m] wind take him [A] where it [E] made him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make things [G#m] go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king of [F#m] Alabama [B] has [C#m] gone.
[G#m] [A] [G#m] [F#]
[A] [G#m] [F#m] [A] [E] [F#m]
[B] [C#m] Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let [G#m] the wind take him [A] where it [E] made [C#m] him.
[G#m] Honky-tonk, he said, [A] forget [E] it, get your autograph.
He let the [C#m] [G#m] wind take [A] him where it made [E] him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make [G#m] things go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama [B] has [E] gone home.
[G#m] [Bm] [A]
Key:
A
E
G#m
B
F#m
A
E
G#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] He's a friend. _
[B] He both rolled the [E] highways on the [A] song.
[E] _
So I'm writing this one here.
[A] In memory of him.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] The king of [C#m] Alabama has [G#m] gone.
[A] He was a man of [E] your [C#m] school can had a great [G#m] big laid [A] back man.
[E] Let your whole to get all the [F#m] things.
If you thought he looked you know the hurting.
[G#m] I'm Alabama.
Cross the Rio [A] Grande beat black [F#m] top down with five.
[B] And I could [E] totally [A] love it.
[E] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [E] And nothing good ever [A] happens after [E] midnight, [A] so the story goes.
[B] You can't trust nobody, [A] it don't [B] matter how [E] close.
There was a friend that took him [A] from his family.
_ [B] I keep his chain in my pocket, his son in my [A] prayer.
Every stage I'm on, [B] I can feel him [C#m] there.
Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let the [G#m] wind take him [A] where it [E] made him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make things [G#m] go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king of [F#m] Alabama _ [B] has [C#m] gone. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _
[A] _ [G#m] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let [G#m] the wind take him [A] where it [E] made [C#m] him.
[G#m] Honky-tonk, he said, [A] forget [E] it, get your autograph.
He let the [C#m] _ [G#m] wind take [A] him where it made [E] him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make [G#m] things go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama [B] _ has [E] gone home.
[G#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] He's a friend. _
[B] He both rolled the [E] highways on the [A] song.
[E] _
So I'm writing this one here.
[A] In memory of him.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] The king of [C#m] Alabama has [G#m] gone.
[A] He was a man of [E] your [C#m] school can had a great [G#m] big laid [A] back man.
[E] Let your whole to get all the [F#m] things.
If you thought he looked you know the hurting.
[G#m] I'm Alabama.
Cross the Rio [A] Grande beat black [F#m] top down with five.
[B] And I could [E] totally [A] love it.
[E] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [E] And nothing good ever [A] happens after [E] midnight, [A] so the story goes.
[B] You can't trust nobody, [A] it don't [B] matter how [E] close.
There was a friend that took him [A] from his family.
_ [B] I keep his chain in my pocket, his son in my [A] prayer.
Every stage I'm on, [B] I can feel him [C#m] there.
Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let the [G#m] wind take him [A] where it [E] made him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make things [G#m] go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king of [F#m] Alabama _ [B] has [C#m] gone. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _
[A] _ [G#m] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] Some [G#m] people calculate [A] moves, he [E] never had a thing to [C#m] prove.
He let [G#m] the wind take him [A] where it [E] made [C#m] him.
[G#m] Honky-tonk, he said, [A] forget [E] it, get your autograph.
He let the [C#m] _ [G#m] wind take [A] him where it made [E] him.
[F#m] They're ashamed to make [G#m] things go so bad without the good [A] folks.
But the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama, [A] the king [F#m] of Alabama [B] _ has [E] gone home.
[G#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _