Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynryd
Marcus - mdesireau@shaw.ca
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Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

For this song, you can choose between basic open chords (begginers) or barre chords for more experienced players.  Barre chords sound better but are more difficult to play.  Here are the chords from low to high:

Basic Chords:   G - 320003        D - xx0232         C - x32010        F - xx3211

E Major Barre Chords:
G (3rd fret) - 3 5 5 4 3 3
C (8th fret) - 8 10 10 9 8 8
D (10th fret) - 10 12 12 11 10 10
F (1st fret) - 1 3 3 2 1 1

The entire song goes D - C - G.

For example:

D     C    G
Sweet Home Alabama
D         C            G
Where the skies are so blue
D     C    G
Sweet Home Alabama
D        C               G
Lord I'm comming home to you

Listen to the song and you can figure out when to switch chords.

The chorus and verses are all the same, but there is one exception:

F    C    D
Boo  hoo  hoo!

Here are the lyrics:

Big wheels keep on turnin'
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the Southland
I miss old balmy once again
And I think its a sin, yes

Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her
Well I heard ole' Neil put her down
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you

In Birmingham they love the gov'nor  (BOO HOO HOO)
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

Sweet Home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Here I come Alabama

Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue
Now how about you?

Sweet Home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you

Sweet Home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
And the gov'nrs true
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you

Thanks and enjoy!  Email me with questions or comments.