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Sweet Home Alabama (Ronnie Van Zandt & Ed King) as performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 MCA Records Inc. MCA-40258(MC 2685) produced by Al Kooper >From the MCA LP "Second Helping" MCA-413 the basic riff is as follows q q h q q h q q h q q h G-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------- ----| D-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------- ----| A---5---5---r-------|---3---3---r-------|-------------------|----------3---- ----| E-------------------|-------------------|---3---3---r-------|---3---3------- ----| which becomes q q h q q h q q h e e e e q q G-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------- ----| D-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------0h2-0--- ----| A---5---5---r-------|---3---3---r-------|-------------------|---0h2--------- 2---| E-------------------|-------------------|---3---3---r-------|--------------- ----| those two riffs alternate in the verse. this riff follows the first verse and comes a couple times afterwards q q e e q e e q q q q q h q q h G-------------------|-------5---5---r---|-------------------|--------------- ----| D-------------------|---5h7-------------|-------------------|--------------- ----| A---5---5-----5-5---|-------------------|-----------5-------|-----------5--- ----| E-----------5-------|-------------------|---3---3-----------|---3---3------- ----| this is played during the chorus q q e e q q q e e q q q q q q q q q G-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------- ----| D-----------7-------|-----------5-------|-----------2---2---|---3---3---2--- ----| A---5---5-----5-r---|---3---3-----3-r---|-------------------|--------------- 3/--| E-------------------|-------------------|---3---3-----------|--------------- ----| slide the last note into the first note these riffs are mixed up throughout the song but they are basically the same so have yourself some fun with this song. transcribed by Gary Zalimeni submitted by Nick Byrd nabyrd@yahoo.com