Intro
F#m7 B F#m7 B (repeat once)
[Verse]
B Bmaj7
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
B7 E
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
A F#7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
B
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
B Bmaj7
Had to learn about the ladies; too young to understand
B7 E
why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
A F#7
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
B
to some other guitar picker in some other late night place
B Bmaj7
Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the ladies walk away
B7 E
I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then on to L.A.
A F#7
Up to New York City, all across the USA
B
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say (that my)
[Chorus]
E F# B F#m7 B
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
E D#m E B
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred
B F#m7 B F#m7 B
[Verse]
B Bmaj7
What keeps me goin'? I don't really know.
B7 E
can't be the money the Lord knows I'm always broke
A F#7
could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
B
when the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
B Bmaj7
Well I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
B7 E
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
A F#7
and someday when I make it, when love finds a way
B
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
[Chorus]
E F# B F#m7 B
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
E D#m E B
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred