Chords for My Home's in Alabama
Tempo:
81.525 bpm
Chords used:
D
Am
A
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat [G] top on them good old gospel songs.
[C] Then I heard about the barrooms [A] just 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 [D] in 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, [A] all 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, don't care [Am] where I lay [D] my head.
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, southern [G] farm and southern [D] bread.
[A]
[D] [Am]
[D] 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 and [D] 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] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
I'll just [D] smile with pride and say
That my home's in Alabama, don't [Am] care where I [D] lay my head.
[G] My home's [F#m] in Alabama, [G] southern barn and southern [D] bread.
Southern [Am] barn and [D] southern bread.
[Am] Southern
[A] barn and [D] southern bread.
[Am]
[C] [D] [Am]
[B] [D] [C]
[D] [C]
[E] [D] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] Southern [C]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[G] barn [A] and [D]
[Am]
southern bread.
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, southern [G] barn and [D] southern bread.
[Am] Southern barn and southern [D]
bread.
[Am] Southern barn and southern [D] bread.
[Am]
[Am] [D]
[D] [Am]
[A] [A]
[D] [G]
[D]
Southern barn and southern bread.
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat [G] top on them good old gospel songs.
[C] Then I heard about the barrooms [A] just 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 [D] in 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, [A] all 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, don't care [Am] where I lay [D] my head.
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, southern [G] farm and southern [D] bread.
[A]
[D] [Am]
[D] 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 and [D] 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] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
I'll just [D] smile with pride and say
That my home's in Alabama, don't [Am] care where I [D] lay my head.
[G] My home's [F#m] in Alabama, [G] southern barn and southern [D] bread.
Southern [Am] barn and [D] southern bread.
[Am] Southern
[A] barn and [D] southern bread.
[Am]
[C] [D] [Am]
[B] [D] [C]
[D] [C]
[E] [D] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] Southern [C]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[G] barn [A] and [D]
[Am]
southern bread.
[G] My home's in [F#m] Alabama, southern [G] barn and [D] southern bread.
[Am] Southern barn and southern [D]
bread.
[Am] Southern barn and southern [D] bread.
[Am]
[Am] [D]
[D] [Am]
[A] [A]
[D] [G]
[D]
Southern barn and southern bread.
Key:
D
Am
A
G
C
D
Am
A
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat [G] top on them good old gospel songs.
[C] Then I heard about the barrooms [A] just 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 [D] in 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, [A] all 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, don't care [Am] where I lay [D] my head.
_ [G] My _ home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ southern [G] farm and southern [D] bread.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ 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 and [D] 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] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
I'll just [D] smile with pride and say
That my _ home's in Alabama, _ don't [Am] care where I [D] lay my head.
_ [G] My _ home's [F#m] in Alabama, _ [G] southern _ barn and southern [D] bread.
_ Southern [Am] barn and [D] southern bread.
_ [Am] Southern _
[A] barn and [D] southern bread.
_ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] Southern _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] barn _ [A] and [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ southern bread.
[G] My _ home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ southern [G] barn and [D] southern bread. _
_ [Am] Southern barn _ and southern [D]
bread.
_ [Am] Southern barn and southern [D] bread.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Southern barn and southern bread. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home.
I learned to play the flat [G] top on them good old gospel songs.
[C] Then I heard about the barrooms [A] just 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 [D] in 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, [A] all 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, don't care [Am] where I lay [D] my head.
_ [G] My _ home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ southern [G] farm and southern [D] bread.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ 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 and [D] 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] And someday when I make it, [A] when luck finds a way, somewhere high on Lookout Mountain,
I'll just [D] smile with pride and say
That my _ home's in Alabama, _ don't [Am] care where I [D] lay my head.
_ [G] My _ home's [F#m] in Alabama, _ [G] southern _ barn and southern [D] bread.
_ Southern [Am] barn and [D] southern bread.
_ [Am] Southern _
[A] barn and [D] southern bread.
_ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[D] Southern _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] barn _ [A] and [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ southern bread.
[G] My _ home's in [F#m] Alabama, _ southern [G] barn and [D] southern bread. _
_ [Am] Southern barn _ and southern [D]
bread.
_ [Am] Southern barn and southern [D] bread.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Southern barn and southern bread. _