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