{title: Sweet home Alabama}
{artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 98}
{key: D}
{duration: 4:38}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[D] [Cadd9] [G] [D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G] [D] [Cadd9] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[D] big [Cadd9]wheels keep on [G]turning
[D] carry me [Cadd9]home to see my [G]kin
[D] singing [Cadd9]songs about the [G]Southland
[D] I miss Ala[Cadd9]bamy once a[G]gain, and I think it's a sin, yes
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{start_of_part: Link}
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[D] well I heard mister [Cadd9]Young sing a[G]bout her
[D] well, I heard ole [Cadd9]Neil put her [G]down
[D] well, I hope Neil [Cadd9]Young will re[G]member
[D] a Southern [Cadd9]man don't need him a[G]round anyhow
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[D] sweet [Cadd9]home Ala[G]bama, [C] [-]
[D] where the [Cadd9]skies are so [G]blue [Cadd9]
[D] sweet [Cadd9]home Ala[G]bama, [C] [-]
[D] Lord, I'm [Cadd9]coming home to [G]you
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{start_of_part: Solo 1}
[F] [C/E]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[D] in Birming[Cadd9]ham they love the [G]governor ([F]boo, [C/E]boo, [D]boo)
[D] now we all [Cadd9]did what we could [G]do
[D] now Water[Cadd9]gate does not [G]bother me
[D] does your [Cadd9]conscience bother [G]you? tell the truth
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Solo 2}
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
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{start_of_part: Link}
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[D] now Muscle [Cadd9]Shoals has got the [G]Swampers
[D] and they've been [Cadd9]known to pick a song or [G]two
[D] Lord, they [Cadd9]get me off [G]so much
[D] they pick me [Cadd9]up when I'm feeling [G]blue, Now how about you?
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{chorus: Chorus 3 (x3)}
{start_of_part: (Outtro)}
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[D] [Cadd9] [G]
[F] [C] [D]
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