Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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[Intro]
    x4


[Verse 1]
        
  Big wheels k

       
eep on turning
          
  Carry me hom

          
e to see my ki

n
         
  Singing song

           
s about the so

uth land
             
  I miss ole '

      
bamy once agai

n and I think 

it's a sin


[Interlude]
    x2


[Verse 2]
             
  Well, I hear

         
d Mr Young sin

   
g about her
             
  Well, I hear

         
d old Neil put

     
 her down
             
  Well, I hope

         
 Neil Young wi

     
ll remember
            
  A southern m

          
an don't need 

     
him around, an

yhow


[Chorus]
        
  Sweet home A

            
labama, where 

         
the skies are 

   
so blue
        
  Sweet home A

            
labama, Lord, 

         
I'm coming hom

          
e to you


[Solo]
    x2


[Verse 3]
           
  In Birmingha

           
m they love th

            
e Gov'nor, boo

    
-hoo-hoo
(          
  Now we all d

          
id what we cou

   
ld do
          
  Now Watergat

        
e does not bot

her me
           
  Does your co

           
nscience bothe

  
r you (tell th

e truth!)


[Chorus]
        
  Sweet home A

            
labama, where 

         
the skies are 

   
so blue
        
  Sweet home A

            
labama, Lord, 

         
I'm coming hom

     
e to you

(Here I come, Alabama)


[Solo]
    x8

[Interlude]
    x2


[Verse 4]
            
  Now Muscle S

          
hoals has got 

    
the Swampers
             
  And they've 

         
been known to 

              
pick a song or

 
 two (yes, we 

do)
            
  Lord, they g

      
et me off so m

uch
             
  They pick me

         
 up when I'm f

       
eeling blue, n

ow how 'bout y

ou?


[Chorus]
        
  Sweet home A

            
labama, where 

         
the skies are 

   
so blue
        
  Sweet home A

            
labama, Lord, 

         
I'm coming hom

          
e to you

        
  Sweet home A

  
labama (Oh, sw

eet home baby)
           
  Where the sk

        
ies are so blu

e (And the gov

ernor's true)
        
  Sweet Home A

  
labama, (Lord,

 yeah)
           
  Lord, I'm co

          
ming home to y

ou (Yeah, yeah

)


[Outro]
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(fade out)