Alabama Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	F
Capo:	no capo

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Chords

Am7

C#m

F#m

F#m7

Em7

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Alabama chords
Neil Young  1972 (Harvest)*
 
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/neil-young/alabama
 
F G Em  F G F C  F G Em
 
F G    Em   F          G              F         C
Oh  Alabama; the devil fools with the best laid plan.
F      G      Em
 Swing low Alabama
F                         D
 You got the spare change,  you got to feel strange
E                   F            G
 And now the moment  is all that it meant.
 
Am                   Am7            Am
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
       C             D
That's breaking your back.
     Am                 Am7          Am
Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
      C            D
And a wheel on the track
 
F G    Em   F        G                   F      C
Oh  Alabama,  banjos playing through the broken glass
F        G       Em
 Windows down in Alabama.
F                   D
  See the old folks  tied in white ropes
E                 F                  G
  Hear the banjo;  don't it take you down home?
 
Am                   Am7            Am
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
       C             D
That's breaking your back.
     Am                 Am7          Am
Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
      C            D
And a wheel on the track
 
F G    Em    F      G           F          C
Oh  Alabama;  can I see you and shake your hand.
F     G               Em
 Make friends down in Alabama.
F
 I'm from a new land
D                  E
 I come to you and  see all this ruin 
F            G
What are you doin'? 
 
Am
Alabama,
            Am7         Am       C         D
You got the rest of the union to help you along
       Am          F G Em
What's goin' wrong? 
 
* Alternates:
 
Capo III
 
F   = D
G   = E
Em  = C#m
C   = A
D   = B
E   = C#
Am  = F#m
Am7 = F#m7
 
Capo V
 
F   = C
G   = D
Em  = Bm
C   = G
D   = A
E   = B
Am  = Em
Am7 = Em7
 
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Alabama – Neil Young

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17 comments

oh yeah so fun to play and sing, thanks

i forgot to add, i think it sounds better with Am7 at "weight on your shoulders"

Chords sound good, but all you tube videos of this song are tuned to 444 hz instead of the ordinary 440 hz! Maybe you could correct the "alabam" to "alabama" ?! nevertheless 5 stars!