{"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":2678475,"song":"My Homes In Alabama","artist":"Alabama","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2678475-my-homes-in-alabama-chords-by-alabama/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2678475?type=chord","rating":4.70206,"votes":85,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nDrinking 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]A[/ch]\r\nThen I heard about the bar rooms just across the Georgia line[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere a boy could make a living playing 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]A[/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, held on to my music, I 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]A[/ch]\r\nUp to New York City all across the USA[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat my home'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]     [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nWhat keeps me going I don't really know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan't be the money Lord knows I'm always broke[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCould it be the satisfaction of being 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 just 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]A[/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[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat my home'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[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSouthern born and Southern bred, Southern born and Southern bred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm7  D  Am7  D  Am7  D  Am7  D\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[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm7  D  Am7  D  Am7  D  Am7  D","chords":["Am7","D","Dmaj7","D7","G","C","A","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]}}}