Sweet Home Alabama Chords – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Spoken

"one, two, three"

[Opening]**

Form a D chord, then pick the single strings D D B\G
Form a C chord, then pick the single strings A A B\G
Form a G chord, then pick the single strings E E G (or end on G chord)

D C G
     x4

Verse

D   C             G
     *
 Big wheels keep on turning
D        C              G
Carry me home to see my kin.
D       C               G
Singing songs about the southland
D           C          G
I miss'ole' 'bamy once again (and I think it's a sin)

[Opening Instrumental] x2

D C G

D                    C          G
Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her
D                 C            G
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down.
D                 C          G
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember,
D          C                  G
A southern man don't need him around anyhow

Chorus

D     C    G
Sweet home Alabama,
D         C            G
Where the skies are so blue,
D     C    G
Sweet home Alabama,
D         C              G   F C
Lord, I'm coming home to you.

[Opening Instrumental] x2

D C G

Verse

D  C                        G         F    C    D
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor   Boo  hoo  hoo !
D          C                 G
Now we all did what we could do.
D             C               G
Now Watergate does not bother me.
D         C                 G
Does your conscience bother you?  (tell the truth)

Chorus

D     C    G
Sweet home Alabama,
D         C            G
Where the skies are so blue,
D     C    G
Sweet home Alabama,
D         C              G   F C
Lord, I'm coming home to you.

Opening Instrumental

D C G

D  C  G
Ah Ah Ah   Alabama  x4

D C G
     x2

Verse

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

Chorus

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 coming home to you.

D     C    G
Sweet home Alabama, (oh sweet home)
D         C            G
Where the skies are so blue, (and it's true)
D     C    G
Sweet home Alabama,
D         C              G
Lord, I'm coming home to you.

Outro

D C G G Gsus4 G

*   Some folks prefer Cadd9 rather then C

**

D

e|--------|
B|------0-|
G|-------0|
D|-0-0----|
A|--------|
E|--------|

C

e|--------|
B|-----0--|
G|------0-|
D|--------|
A|-0-0----|
E|--------|

G

e|--------|
B|--------|
G|-----0--|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|-0-0----| or end on G chord

*** Alternates:

Capo II

D  C
 =
C  Bb
 =
G  F
 =
F  Eb
 =

Capo III

D  B
 =
C  A
 =
G  E
 =
F  D
 =

Capo V

D  A
 =
C  G
 =
G  D
 =
F  C
 =

Open (These chords are not in the original key)

D  E
 =
C  D
 =
G  A
 =
F  G
 =

D  G
 =
C  F
 =
G  C
 =
F  Bb
 =

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