Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Sweet Home Alabama
By:   Lynyrd Skynyrd

[intro:] 2 X [D  C  G] {guitar only}
         2 X [D  C  G] {whole band comes in}

[verse: 1]
D    C             G 
Big wheels keep on turning
D        C              G 
Carry me home to see my kin
D        C               G
Singing songs about the Southland
D      C            G   
I miss Alabama once again and I think it's a sin, yeah

2 X [D  C  G] {guitar riff}

[verse: 2]
D                  C            G
Well I heard mister Young sing about her
D                  C            G
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
D                  C            G
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
D                  C            G
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow

[chorus:]  {background vocal throughout}
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   E   
Lord, I'm coming home to you

2 X [D  C  G] {brief guitar solo}

[verse: 3]
D                  C            G     F    E   D
In Birmingham they love the governor  boo  boo boo
D                  C            G
Now we all did what we could do
D                  C            G
Now Watergate does not bother me
D                  C            G
Does your conscience bother you?  Tell the truth

[chorus:]
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

[solo: guitar]  2 X {over verse chords]

2 X [D  C  G] {guitar riff} 
[verse: 4]
D            C                   G 
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swappers
D            C                   G 
And they've been known to pick a song or two
D           C         G 
Lord they get me off so much
D             C                  G 
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue  Now how about you?


[chorus:]  {background vocal throughout}
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   E   
Lord, I'm coming home to you


[chorus:]  {background vocal throughout}
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

[solo: keyboards]  {over verse chords} {finish with punch F E }

[solo: guitar]     {over verse chords]

2 X [D  C  G] {guitar riff} 

Finish on D
 

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