C
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home
C7 F
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol’ Gospel songs
A# G7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
C
Where a boy could make a living playing guitar late at night
Had to learn about the ladies too young to understand
C7 F
Why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
A# G7
When the boys turn to music the girls just turn away
C
To some other guitar picker in some other late night place
Yeah I held on to my music I let the ladies walk away
C7 F
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then I moved on to L.A.
A# G7
Up to New York City all across the USA
C
I’ve lost so much of me but there’s enough of me to say that
F G7 C Gm C
My home’s in Alabama no matter where I lay my head
F Em F C
My home’s in Alabama southern born and Southern bred
What keeps me going I don’t really know
C7 F
Can’t be the money the Lord knows I’m always broke
A# G7
Could it be the satisfaction of being understood
C
When the people really love you and let you know when it’s good
Oh I’ll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
C7 F
I’m in the heart of Dixie Dixie’s in the heart of me
A# G7
And someday when I make it when love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain
C
I’ll just smile with pride and say that
Repeat #4
Drinking was forbidden in my Christian country home
C7 F
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol’ Gospel songs
A# G7
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
C
Where a boy could make a living playing guitar late at night
Had to learn about the ladies too young to understand
C7 F
Why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
A# G7
When the boys turn to music the girls just turn away
C
To some other guitar picker in some other late night place
Yeah I held on to my music I let the ladies walk away
C7 F
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then I moved on to L.A.
A# G7
Up to New York City all across the USA
C
I’ve lost so much of me but there’s enough of me to say that
F G7 C Gm C
My home’s in Alabama no matter where I lay my head
F Em F C
My home’s in Alabama southern born and Southern bred
What keeps me going I don’t really know
C7 F
Can’t be the money the Lord knows I’m always broke
A# G7
Could it be the satisfaction of being understood
C
When the people really love you and let you know when it’s good
Oh I’ll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
C7 F
I’m in the heart of Dixie Dixie’s in the heart of me
A# G7
And someday when I make it when love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain
C
I’ll just smile with pride and say that
Repeat #4
