D Drinkin' was forbidden in my Dmaj7 Christian country home
I D7 learned to play the flattop on them G good ol' Gospel songs
Then I C heard about the barrooms just a A7 cross the Georgia line
Where a A7 boy could make a livin' playin' D guitar late at night
D Had to learn about the ladies; too Dmaj7 young to understand
why the yo D7 ung girls fall in love with the G boys in the band
When the C boys turn to music, the A7 girls just turn away
to some other guitar picker in some D other late night place
D Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the Dmaj7 ladies walk away
took my so D7 ngs and dreams to Nashville and then I G moved on to L.A.
U C p to New York City, all ac A7 ross the USA
I lost so much of me but there's D enough of me to say (that my)
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. G -.Home's - A in Ala D bama, no matter Am7 where I lay my D head
My G home's in Ala F#m bama, Southern G born and Southern D bred
D Am7 D Am7 D
D What keeps me goin'? Dmaj7 I don't really know.
D7 can't be the money the Lord G knows I'm always broke
could it C be the satisfaction of A7 bein' understood
when the people really love you and let you D know when it's good
D Well I'll speak my Southern English just as Dmaj7 natural as I please
I'm D7 in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's G in the heart of me
and s C omeday when I make it, when A7 love finds a way
somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just D smile with pride and say that my
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Alabama
