Alabama

ALABAMA
By: Neil Young
Key F

4-4 -4 3  3  3
Oh  Al-a-bam-a; 
 3   4  4   -4    -3   3   -3    3    3
the dev-il fools with the best laid plans.
  4   -4  -3 3  3  3
Swing low Al-a-bam-a
-3  -3  -3    4     -5
You got the spare change  
-3  -3  -3   6     6
you got to feel strange
 6   6   6  7*   6  6  -5    5  -5   6
And now the mo-ment is all that it meant.
6  6  6  6
Al-a-bam-a  
 6  -5   5    -5   -5   5     -5  -3
you got the weight on your should-ers
  -3     -5  -3   -3   -3
That's break-ing your back.
 -3  -5  6   6   6  -5  5   6   -5  5    -5
Your Ca-dil-lac has got a wheel in the ditch
-3 -3   -5  -3 -3    -3
And a wheel on the track

4-4 -3 3  3  3
Oh  Al-a-bam-a, 
 4   4   -4  -4     -3    3  -3   3    3
Ban-jos play-ing through the bro-ken glass
 4   -5   -3  3  -3 3  2  2
Win-dows down in Al-a-bam-a.
-3  -3   4    -5   -3  -3   6     -5
See the old folks tied in white ropes
 6    6   7* 6    
Hear the ban-jo. 
 -5   5   -5   5   -5    7
Don't it take you down home?

4-4 -3 3  3  3
Oh  Al-a-bam-a. 
 4  4 -4  -4   3    -3   3     3
Can I see you and shake your hand.
  4     -5    -4  4  -3 3  2  2
Make friends down in Al-a-bam-a.
-3   -3 -3  4   -5
I'm from a new land
-3 -3  -3  6  -5  -5   6   6   7* 6
I come to you and see all this ru-in
 
 6   -5   5  -5  6  6  6  6  6
What are you do-ing Al-a-bam-a?
 6  -5   5   -5  -5  5  -5 -3
You got the rest of the Un-ion 
-3  -5  -3 -3  -3
to help you a-long
  -3   -5  6    6
What's go-ing wrong?