Tom: D
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 Am7 D (repeat once)
[Verse]
D Dmaj7
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
D7 G
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
C A7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
D
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
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
D
to some other guitar picker in some other late night place
D Dmaj7
Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the ladies walk away
D7 G
I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then on to L.A.
C A7
Up to New York City, all across the USA
D
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say (that my)
[Chorus]
G A D Am7 D
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
G F#m G D
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred
D Am7 D Am7 D
[Verse]
D Dmaj7
What keeps me goin'? I don't really know.
D7 G
can't be the money the Lord knows I'm always broke
C A7
could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
D
when the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
D Dmaj7
Well I'll speak my Southern English just 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
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 Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
G F#m G D
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred
