Performance Notes
Am7 D 4x. Up and down picking.
Lyrics
[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 C 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 C D
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred