David Bowie

Alabama Song

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Alabama Song

Written by Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill

	  		Intro: | Cm(add11) | Cm(add11) | 


verse 1: 

    Cm(add11) 
Oh, show me the way to the next whiskey bar, 
C7(b5)          Db7(b5)  C7(b5)          Db7(b5) 
Oh, don't ask why,   no, don't ask why. 
Cm(add11) 
   For we must find the next whiskey bar, 
   For if we don't find the next whiskey bar, 
  C7(b5)             Db7(b5)    C7(b5)             Db7(b5) 
I tell you we must die,   I tell you we must die. 
  C7(b5)     Db7(b5) C7(b5)    Db7(b5)  C7(b5)     Db7(b5)   C7(b5)  D  B7 
I tell you,    I tell you,    I tell you we must die. 

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B6 G Gmaj7 Oh, moon of Ala - bama, Em Edim It's time to say good-bye, B11 Eb6 We've lost our good ol' mama, D E9 And must have whiskey, oh, you know why. G Gmaj7 Oh, moon of Ala - bama, Em Edim It's time to say good-bye, Eb6 Em We've lost our good ol' mama, D G And must have whiskey, oh, you know why.
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verse 2: Cm(add11) Oh, show me the way to the next little dollar, C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) Oh, don't ask why, no, don't ask why. Cm(add11) For we must find our next little dollar, For if we don't find our next little dollar, C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die. C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) D B7 I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die.
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B6 G Gmaj7 Oh, moon of Ala - bama, Em Edim It's time to say good-bye, B11 Eb6 We've lost our good ol' mama, D Em And must have dollar, oh, you know why. G Gmaj7 Oh, moon of Ala - bama, Em Edim It's time to say good-bye, Eb6 Em We've lost our good ol' mama, D Em And must have dollar, oh, you know why.
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verse 3: Cm(add11) Oh, show me the way to the next little girl, C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) Oh, don't ask why, no, don't ask why. Cm(add11) For we must find the next little girl, For if we don't find the next little girl, C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die. C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) Db7(b5) C7(b5) D B7 I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die.
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G Gmaj7 Oh, moon of Ala - bama, Em Edim It's time to say good-bye, B11 Eb6 We've lost our good ol' mama, D Em And must have little girl, oh, you know why. B7 B6 G Gmaj7 Oh, moon of Ala - bama, Em Edim It's time to say auf wiedersehen. Eb6 Em We've lost our good ol' mama, D G And must have little girl, oh, you know why, You know why, you know why.
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