Intro
Em7 A Em7 A (repeat once)
[Verse]
A Amaj7
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
A7 D
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
G E7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
A
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
A Amaj7
Had to learn about the ladies; too young to understand
A7 D
why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
G E7
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
A
to some other guitar picker in some other late night place
A Amaj7
Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the ladies walk away
A7 D
I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then on to L.A.
G E7
Up to New York City, all across the USA
A
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say (that my)
[Chorus]
D E A Em7 A
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
D C#m D A
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred
A Em7 A Em7 A
[Verse]
A Amaj7
What keeps me goin'? I don't really know.
A7 D
can't be the money the Lord knows I'm always broke
G E7
could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
A
when the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
A Amaj7
Well I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
A7 D
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
G E7
and someday when I make it, when love finds a way
A
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
[Chorus]
D E A Em7 A
home's -in Ala bama, no matter where I lay my head
D C#m D A
My home's in Ala bama, Southern born and Southern bred