26
Mar
2024

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Album: Second Helping

Intro: D  C  G

Verse 1

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.. Big wheels keep on turning
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.. Carry me home to see my kin
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.. Singing songs about the southland
D                  C                    G
.. I miss Alabamy once again
And I think it’s a sin, yes

Verse 2

D                               C
… Well I heard Mr Young
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Sing about her (Southern man)
D                              C                   G
.. Well, I heard ol’ Neil put her down
D                                 C
… Well, I hope Neil Young
………..G
Will remember
D                        C
… A Southern man
……………………….G
Don’t need him around, anyhow

D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
D                   C                    G
.. Where the skies are so blue
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.. Sweet home Alabama
D                  C                           G
.. Lord, I’m coming home to you

Music:

Verse 3

D                      C
… In Birmingham they love the
D
Governor
F        C       D
(Boo! Boo! Boo!)
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.. Now we all did what we could do
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.. Now Watergate does not bother me
D                     C                               G
.. Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
D                   C                    G
.. Where the skies are so blue
D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
D                  C                           G
.. Lord, I’m coming home to you
Here I come, Alabama

Music:

(Ah-ah-ah, Alabama
Ah-ah-ah, Alabama
Ah-ah-ah, Alabama
Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)

Verse 4

D                        C
.. Now Muscle Shoals
………………..G
Has got the Swampers
D                                C
.. And they’ve been known
……………………….G
To pick a song or two (Yes, they do)
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… Lord, they get me off so much
D                          C
… They pick me up
………………………..G
When I’m feeling blue
Now how about you?

D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
D                   C                    G
.. Where the skies are so blue
D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
D                  C                           G      F C
.. Lord, I’m coming home to you
D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
(Oh, sweet home, baby)
D                   C                    G
.. Where the skies are so blue
(And the governor’s true)
D            C               G
.. Sweet home Alabama
(Lordy)
D                  C                           G
.. Lord, I’m coming home to you
(Yeah, yeah)

Mont… Montgomery’s got the answer

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