{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1014021,"song":"My Homes In Alabama","artist":"Alabama","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11223894-my-homes-in-alabama-chords-by-alabama/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1014021?type=chord","rating":4.66122,"votes":309,"content":"[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-------1-----------1-----------3-----------3-----|\r\nG|----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2--|\r\nD|-------------------------0-----------0-----------|\r\nA|-0-----------0-----------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nI just use that same type of pattern for all of the chords,\r\neach note picked being an 8th note.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    x4\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nDrinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI learned to play the flattop on them good old Gospel songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nHad to learn about the ladies; too young to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhy the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhen the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto some other guitar picker in some other late night place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nYeah, I held on to my music; let the ladies walk away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook my songs and dreams to Nashville, then I moved on to L.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nUp to New York City, all across the USA[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say that my[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhome's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nWhat keeps me goin'? I don't really know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Can't be the money, Lord knows I'm always broke[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nCould it be the satisfaction of bein' understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen the people really love you and let you know when it's good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nOh, I'll speak my Southern English as natural as I please[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand someday when I make it, when love finds a way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsomewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhome's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred[/tab]","plain_text":"I just use that same type of pattern for all of the chords,\neach note picked being an 8th note.\n\n[Intro]\nAm7    D    x4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nAm7    D    x2\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am7","D","B","G","A","E","Dmaj7","D7","C","A7","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}