[Intro - BPM 98 - riff on own - then riff and drums] (notes - Wheels, Well I Heard, In Birmingham, Muscle Shoals)
[Verse] Big wheels keep on turning Carrying me home to see my kin Singing songs about the southland I'm missing old mammie once again And I think it's a sin, yes
[Riff] Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her (oo, oo, oo) Well I heard old Neil put it down Well I hope Neil Young will remember A southern man don't need him around anyhow
[Chorus] Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet Home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you
[Solo 1] In Birmingham they loved the governor (oo, oo, oo F to C bit) Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth
[Chorus] Here I come Alabama
[Solo - Alabam ah, ah, ah] [Riff]
[Verse] Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers (oo, oo, oo) And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes, they do) Lord they give me oh so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue Now how about you?
[Intro BPM 130 - No drums] [G][Bm7][Am7][C/D] - [G][Bm7][Am7] x
[Verse 1n - Drums in ] [G] I know it sounds [Bm7] funny, but I just can't [Am7] stand the pain, [C/D] [G] Girl, I'm [Bm7] leaving you to - [Am7] morrow, [C/D] [G] Seems to [Bm7] me, girl, you know I've done [Am7] all I can, [C/D] [G] You see, I [Bm7] begged, stole and I [Am7] borrowed, ...yeah! [C/D]
[Verse 2] [G] Why in the [Bm7] world would anybody put [Am7] chains on me? [C/D] Yeah! [G] I've [Bm7] paid my dues to make [Am7] it, [D7sus4] [G] Everybody [Bm7] wants me to be what they [Am7] want me to be, [C/D] [G] I'm not [Bm7] happy when I try to [Am7] fake it, ...no! [C/D]
[Bridge - Em7s are quick passing chords] [G] I wanna be [Fmaj7]high------, [Em7]so [Dm7]high, [F/G] I wanna[Em7] be [Fmaj7]free to know the things I do [Em7]are [Dm7]right, [F/G] ee ee ete I wanna[Em7] be [Fmaj7]free, ... [Em7]just [Dm7]me, [F/G] woh, babe!
[Bb/F-11333x] x x [F/C] x x x x [Bb/D-x5333x] x x [C] Oooo!
