Tuning:

Am7 D e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------1------------1-----------3------------3---| G|----0-----0------0-----0-----2-----2------2-----2| D|--------------------------0------------0---------| A|-0------------0----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| I just use that same type of pattern for all of the chords, each note picked being an 8th note. [Intro] Am7 D Am7 D (repeat once) [Verse]

^DDrinkin' was forbidden in my ^Dmaj7Christian country home ^D7I learned to play the flattop on them ^Ggood ol' Gospel songs Then I ^Cheard about the barrooms just ^A7across the Georgia line Where a boy could make a livin' playin' ^Dguitar late at night ^DHad to learn about the ladies; ^Dmaj7too young to understand ^D7why the young girls fall in love with ^Gthe boys in the band When the ^Cboys turn to music, the girls ^A7just turn away to some other guitar picker in some other ^Dlate night place ^DYeah, I held on to my music; ^Dmaj7I let the ladies walk away ^D7I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and ^Gthen on to L.A. ^CUp to New York City, ^A7all across the USA I lost so much of me but there's enough of me ^Dto say (that my)

[Chorus]

^Ghome's -in ^AAla ^Dbama, no matter ^Am7where I lay my ^Dhead My ^Ghome's in Ala ^F#mbama, Southern ^Gborn and Southern ^Dbred

D Am7 D Am7 D [Verse]

^DWhat keeps me goin'? ^Dmaj7I don't really know. ^D7can't be the money ^Gthe Lord knows I'm always broke could it ^Cbe the satisfaction of bein' ^A7understood when the people really love ya and ^Dlet you know when it's good ^DWell I'll speak my Southern English ^Dmaj7just as natural as I please ^D7I'm in the heart of Dixie, ^GDixie's in the heart of me and someday ^Cwhen I make it, ^A7when love finds a way somewhere high on Lookout Mountain ^DI'll just smile with pride and say that my

[Chorus]

^Ghome's -^Ain Ala ^Dbama, no matter ^Am7where I lay my ^Dhead My ^Ghome's in Ala ^F#mbama, ^GSouthern born and Southern ^Dbred

Alabama - My homes in alabama