My Homes In Alabama Chords

   Am7                     D
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----------3-----------3-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|-------------------------0-----------0-----------|
A|-0-----------0-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
I just use that same type of pattern for all of the chords,
each note picked being an 8th note.
 
[Intro]
Am7    D    x4
 
[Verse 1]
D                            Dmaj7
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
  D7                                  G
I learned to play the flattop on them good old Gospel songs
       C                              A7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
        A7                              D
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
 
[Verse 2]
       D                           Dmaj7
Had to learn about the ladies; too young to understand
        D7                                G
why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
         C                       A7
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
        A7                          D
to some other guitar picker in some other late night place
 
[Verse 3]
        D                            Dmaj7
Yeah, I held on to my music; let the ladies walk away
         D7                                   G
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville, then I moved on to L.A.
C                         A7
Up to New York City, all across the USA
     A7                              D
I've lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say that my
 
[Chorus]
G    A       D               Am7            D
home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
   G            F#m            G                 D
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
 
[Interlude]
Am7    D    x2
 
[Verse 4]
D                   Dmaj7
What keeps me goin'? I don't really know
D7                        G
 Can't be the money, Lord knows I'm always broke
         C                      A7
Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
         A7                                 D
when the people really love you and let you know when it's good
 
[Verse 5]
         D                            Dmaj7
Oh, I'll speak my Southern English as natural as I please
    D7                             G
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
    C                            A7
and someday when I make it, when love finds a way
          A7                                 D
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
 
[Chorus]
G    A       D               Am7            D
home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
   G            F#m            G                 D
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
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