[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 82] Just acoustic D C G D Then flute D C G D Them drums D C G D - finger pick
[Verse 1 - finger pick chords] [D] I'm gonna take a freight train, [C] Down at the station, Lord [G] I don't care where it [D] goes [D] Gonna climb me a mountain, [C] The highest mountain [G] Gonna jump off, nobody gonna [D] know
[Chorus - Strum] [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me (Harmonies in) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me
[Verse 2 - Strum] [D] I'm gonna buy me a ticket now, [C] As far as I can [G] Ain't never comin' [D] back [D] Take me southbound, [C] All the way to Georgia now [G] Till the train run out of [D] track
[Chorus] [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me (Harmonies in) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me
(Solo) D C G D x 4
[Chorus] (No drums) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me (Harmonies + Drums in) [D] Can't you see, can't you [C] see, what that [G] woman been doin' to [D] me
[Repeat until bottled off]
[End]
[Verse 2] this is not sung in the version I found on YouTube [D] I'm gonna find me [C] A hole in the wall [G] I'm gonna crawl inside and [D] die [D] 'Cause my lady, now, [C] a mean ol' woman, Lord [G] Never told me goodbye [D]