Intro
Bm7 E Bm7 E (repeat once)
[Verse]
E Emaj7
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
E7 A
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
D B7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
E
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
E Emaj7
Had to learn about the ladies; too young to understand
E7 A
why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
D B7
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
E
to some other guitar picker in some other late night place
E Emaj7
Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the ladies walk away
E7 A
I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then on to L.A.
D B7
Up to New York City, all across the USA
E
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say (that my)
[Chorus]
A B E Bm7 E
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
A G#m A E
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred
E Bm7 E Bm7 E
[Verse]
E Emaj7
What keeps me goin'? I don't really know.
E7 A
can't be the money the Lord knows I'm always broke
D B7
could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
E
when the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
E Emaj7
Well I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
E7 A
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
D B7
and someday when I make it, when love finds a way
E
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
[Chorus]
A B E Bm7 E
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
A G#m A E
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred