My Homes In Alabama

	  		
Intro: A7 D x2 A7 D (x2)  

verse 1(strummed once each time) 
D                            D7 
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home 
  Dm                                  G                               
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs 
       C                             Am7 
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line 
        Am7                             D 
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night 

verse 2 
D                                  D7 
Had to learn about the ladies, too young to understand 
        Dm                                G 
Why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band 
         C                       Am7 
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                                    D7 
Yeah, held on to my music, I let the ladies walk away 
        Dm                                   G 
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville then I moved on to L.A. 
C                       Am7 
Up to New York City all across the USA 
  Am7                            D 
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say that my 

  
G         A                  D              Am7 
Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head 
G            F#m               G                 D  
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred 
 

verse 4 
D                  D7   
What keeps me goin' I don't really know 
Dm                      G 
Can't be the money Lord knows I'm always broke 
         C                      Am7  
Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood 
         Am7                               D 
When the people really love ya and let you know when it's good 
D                                         D7  
Oh I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please 
    Dm                     G 
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me 
C                                Am7  
And someday when I make it, when love finds a way 
          Am7                                D 
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my 

 
G         A                  D              Am7 
Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head 
G            F#m               G                 D  
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred 
         G                 D 
Southern born and Southern bred 
         G                 D     
Southern born and Southern bred(tempo speeds up)