Intro
A#m7 D# A#m7 D# (repeat once)
[Verse]
D# D#maj7
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
D#7 G#
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
C# A#7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
D#
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
D# D#maj7
Had to learn about the ladies; too young to understand
D#7 G#
why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
C# A#7
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
D#
to some other guitar picker in some other late night place
D# D#maj7
Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the ladies walk away
D#7 G#
I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then on to L.A.
C# A#7
Up to New York City, all across the USA
D#
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say (that my)
[Chorus]
G# A# D# A#m7 D#
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
G# Gm G# D#
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred
D# A#m7 D# A#m7 D#
[Verse]
D# D#maj7
What keeps me goin'? I don't really know.
D#7 G#
can't be the money the Lord knows I'm always broke
C# A#7
could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
D#
when the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
D# D#maj7
Well I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
D#7 G#
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
C# A#7
and someday when I make it, when love finds a way
D#
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
[Chorus]
G# A# D# A#m7 D#
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
G# Gm G# D#
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred