Alabama

Neil Young

F G Emi7 F G F C 
F G      Emi7   F        G              F          C 
O-h, Alabama, the devil fools with the best laid plans. 
   F   G      Emi7 
Swing low Alabama 
 F                         D 
You got the spare change, you got to feel strange 
E                  F           G 
And now the moment is all that it meant. 
 
    Ami7 
R1: Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders 
             C   D 
    That's  breaking your back. 
          Ami7 
    Your cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch 
            C   D 
    And a wheel on the track 
 
F G     Emi7  F       G                   F      C 
Oh, Alabama, Banjos playing through the broken glass 
 F  G           Emi7 
Windows down in Alabama. 
 F                 D 
See the old folks tied in white ropes 
 E               F                 G 
Hear the banjo; don't it take you down home? 
 
R1: Alabama … wheel on the track 
 
F G     Emi7   F     G            F         C 
Oh, Alabama, can I see you and shake your hand. 
 F     G             Emi7 
Make friends down in Alabama. 
F                   D 
I'm from a new land I come to you and 
 E                   F           G 
see all this ruin. What are you doin'? 
 
    Ami7 
R2: Alabama, you got the rest of the Union 
        C    D 
    to help you along 
            Ami7          F G Emi7 
    What's goin' wrong?