• Song:

    Sweet Home Alabama

  • Artist:

    Lynyrd Skynrd

  • Album:

    Chronicles

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Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd 

Chords
        
       D5 (5thFr)    D6 (5thFr )        C5      C6 (3rd Fr)  G5      G6(3rdFr)  Csus2
E |---x-------------|---x------------|----x----|---x---|-------x----|---x-----|------x-------------------- 
B |---x-------------|---x------------|----x----|---x---|-------x----|---x-----|------3--------------------
G |---x-------------|---x------------|----x----|---x---|-------x----|---x-----|------5--------------------
D |---3-------------|---5------------|----5----|---5---|-------x----|---x-----|------5--------------------
A |---1-------------|---1------------|----3----|---1---|-------5----|---5-----|------3--------------------
E |---x-------------|---x------------|----x----|---x---|-------3----|---1-----|------x--------------------

                           Legend
  H ammer on: h                            Muted string: x
   Pull off : p                                  Vibro : ~~~~~~
 Ghost note : ( )                     Phinched harmonic: < >
  Full Bend : F^                       Natural harmonic: Harm      
  Half Bend : H^                                 Slide :  / (up)   (down)
Release bend: r   

Intro:
        D            Csus2            G                               D           Csus2            G
E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|----------    
B |------3------------------3-------|-------------------------------|------3-------------3------|----------
G |----------2-----------------0----|---------0--0--------------2p0-|--------2-------------0----|---------- 
D |---0-0-------0-----------------0-|------------------0—2p0--------|-0--0-----0-------------0--|---------- 
A |----------------3-(0)--3---------|--------------0h2--------2-----|------------3-(0)-3--------|---------- 
E |---------------------------------|-3 (0)-3-----------------------|---------------------------|--3--x--3- 

                    
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-0-----0-2p0—0—4p0----5F^--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-------------------0-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------

   D                Csus2              G                              D           Csus2
E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|----------
B |--------3-----------------3----3-|-------3-----3-----------------|-------3-------------3---3-|----------
G |--------2-----------------0----0-|-------0-----0--------------2p0|-------2-------------0---0-|----------
D |-0--0--------x-----------------2-|-------0-----0------0—2p0------|-0--0------x-------------0-|----------
A |----------------3-(0)-3----------|----------------0h2--------2---|-------------3-(0)-3-------|----------
E |---------------------------------|-3-x-3----3--------------------|---------------------------|----------
    G               
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------3-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G |---------0-----------0-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
D |---------0---------0-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A |------------1-/-2----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E |-3--x--3-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------

    D              Csus2              G                                  D
           Big    wheels keep on  turn    in                                    Carry          
E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------
B |--------3----3----------3------3-|--------3----------------------|-----------3--------3-----------------
G |--------2----2----------0------0-|--------0-----------0---0------|-----------2--------2-----------------
D |-0--0--------------------------0-|--------0---------0------------|----0--0------------------------------
A |----------------3---3------------|------------0-h-2---------0-h-2|--------------------------------------
E |---------------------------------|-3----3------------------------|--------------------------------------
 
    Csus2
    Home  to see my kin
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------3----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |---------0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |--------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--3--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     G                                D            Csus2             G
                                           Sing-in    songs a-bout  the south - land   
E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B |---------3-----------------------|------3-----3----------3----3--|---------3-----------------------------
G |---------0-----------0-----------|------2-----2----------0----0--|---------0-------------0----0----------
D |---------0-----------0-----------|-0--0-----------------------0--|---------0-----------0--------0-h-2----
A |---------------------------------|--------------3--3-------------|-------------0-h-2---------------------
E |--3--3-------3--3----------------|-------------------------------|-3----3--------------------------------

    D                         Csus2                    G
                I miss ole ‘Bam  -  ee once   a-gain        and    I think   it’s a  sin,_            yea.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Interlude                                                                  ~~~~~~~~~
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-----------7---7---------------5---5----------------------0--0--0----------------------------------------
D |-----------7---7---------------5---5-------------------0-------------------------------------------------
A |-7--8--9----------9--5-h-7----------7--1---1-/-2-------------------------------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------3---------------------------------
 
  
                                                                           ~~~~~~~~
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-----------7---7---------------5---5----------------------0----------------------------------------------
D |-----------7---7---------------5---5-------------------0------------------------------------0------------
A |-7--8--9----------9--5-h-7----------7--1---1-/-2-------------------------------0-h-2-------------------
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------3---------------------------------


Verse

D                          Csus2                G 
   Well, I heard Mist-er Young   sing   a - bout   her. 
D                          Csus2                        G  
   Well, I heard  old    Neil            put   ‘er  down.
D                       Csus2              G 
   well, i hope  Neil  Young  will re-mem - ber,
D                           Csus2   
    A south - ern  man  don’t need him  a - round,     an-y-how. 
                                                     D5      D6 D5     C5    C6 C5   G5        G6

                                                             Sweet   home    Al  -  a-bam-a
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |---------0------0--0-----------0------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |---------0------0--0---------0----2-p-0--------------7----9---7--------5---7-5---5----------------------
A |-----------------------0-h-2---------------0-h-2--5--5----5---5-----3--3---3-3---3----5--5--x--5--7-----
E |-3---3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--3--x-----3-----

 
     G5          Csus2     D5     D6 D5    C5     C6 C5          G5                      C5             D5
                                  Where  the skies are so blue. 
                        
E |----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |----------------------|----------------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------
D |--------0--2-p-0------|------7--9--7--------5---7-5---5--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2----------
A |--0-h-2----------3----|---5--5--5--5-----3--3---3-3---3-------------------------------------------3-/-5-
E |----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      

       D6 D5  C5     C6 C5       G5          G6        G5      Csus2   D5  D6 D5      C5    C6 C5    G5
       Sweet-home    Al  -  a-  bam-a                                      Lord, I'm comin' home to you
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-7--9-7-------5---7--5---5-------------------------0--2-p-0----------7---9--7-------5---7--5---5--------
A |-5--5-5----3--3---3--3---3---5--5---x--5--7--0-h-2-----------3----5--5---5--5---3---3---3--3---3--5---5-
E |-----------------------------3--3---x-----3-------------------------------------------------------3---3-


E |-----------1----0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-----------1----1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-----------2----0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-----------3----2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--x-5--7---3----3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--x----3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



GUITAR SOLO:
       D                   Csus2                      G                  D           Csus2       
                  ~~~~~~~~                             ~~~~
E |---14-------------------------8------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B |------15------15-------------11--10--8--10-----8-----8--10-----10F^----------8--10--8--10F^---------
G |---------14-------------------------------------9---------------9---------7-h-9-------------------------
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Csus2

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------8--10-----8--10F^-r(10)--8-----------------------------------------------------------------
G |--7----8--9---------9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      G                                                    D             Csus2       G         F/C  C
  
                                                            In Birmingham they love the gov - 'nor    
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1---0------
B |---(8)-------------8------------------------------------------3---3---------3--3---------3---1---1------
G |--------9--7-/-9-----7---------------------------------------2---2---------0--0---------0---2---0------
D |-------------------------9-/-10--9--5-p-0-----(0)------0--0-------------------0---------0---3---2------
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------3--3--------------------3---3------
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--3-----------------
   
 
  D             Csus2              G                       D               Csus2
    Now we all did  what we could do                          now wa-ter-gate_  does not
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--------3---3---------3-------3---------3--3---------3---------3--3-----------3-----3-------------------
G |--------2---2---------0-------0---------0--0---------0---------2--2-----------0-----0-------------------
D |--0--0------------------------0---------0--0---------0---0--0-----------------------0-------------------
A |---------------3--3--------------------------------------------------3--3-------------------------------
E |---------------------------------3--3----------3--3-----------------------------------------------------


      G                                  D           Csus2           G
       both - er me,                      does your con-science both-er you?  Tell the truth
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |----------3---------------------------------3---3---------3---3-------------------------------------------
G |----------0------------0----0---------------2---2---------0---0----------0--0--0------------0-------------
D |----------0----------0----------------0--0--------------------0----------0--0--0---------0-----2-p-0------
A |---------------0-/-2-----------0-h-2---------------3--3---------------------------0-h-2-------------------
E |---3---3----------------------------------------------------------3---3------------------------------0-h-2



Guitar Solo

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------8-----8-h-10F^--10F^--8-----8
G |--------0--2-/-4--2--2--2H^--2H^--2H^----2H^r2H^rH^--0-----0--0-----x--/9-----9---------------------9---
D |--0-h-2-------------------------------------------------2-----------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--9--7--7---7-7-7-7----7----9-7--7---------12----12-14-p-12---12-17-p-12----12-17-p-12----12-16-p-12---
D |--------------------------9----------9-/-14----14------------14-----------14------------14--------------
A |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-12-16-p-12---12-16-p-12----12-16-p-12----12-16-p-12----12-16-p-12----12-14-p-12----12-14-p-12----------
D |-----------14------------14------------14------------14------------14------------14------------14-------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12----12-h-15
G |-12-17-p-12----12-17-p-12----12-17-p-12----12---------------12---------------12----12-h-14----14--------
D |------------14------------14------------14----14----------------14--12-/14-----14----------------------
A |---------------------------------------------------13-/-14----------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
E |-12----12-h-15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--13H^------------------------
B |----15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E |--12------12---------12---------12--------12--------12----------12--------12----------------------------
B |------15------15F^--------15F^------15F^------15F^------F^------15F^------15-p-12------12-----------
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15------15-p-14--
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |----14-12------------------------------------------------------------------------------12--14----12-12--
A |----------14--12--10--10--10--12------10-h-12-12--10------10-10--10-12-----10-12-/-14--------14--------
E |-----------------------------------12------------------12----------------12-----------------------------

E |--------------------------------------------------------15-17F^--17F^--17F^----17--15------15-----------
B |--------------------12-15-p-12--15-p-12---------15-h-17--------------------------------17-----17-15--12-
G |----12----12-14F^-----------------------14-/-16---------------------------------------------------------
D |-14----14-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 ~~~~~~~~~
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |------12------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |--15------15-p-14--12--------12---------12--------------14F^-r14-p-12---14--10-/-11--------------------
D |----------------------14--12---------------------------12----------------------------12-----------------
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12----12-p-10---
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [  Harm    ]
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-----12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G |----------5-----(5)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D |-7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Verse:
 
 D                Csus2                G
  Now mus-cle   Shoals has got the swamp _ us.
 D                Csus2                G
  an' they been known_ to pick a song or  two 
 D                Csus2                G
  Lord they get me off_____   So____     much
 D                Csus2                G
  they pick me up when I'm feel-in' blue___'n'now how 'bout you?

 D5        C5         G5   Csus2  D5             C5              G5        C5
     Sweet home al-a-bam-a           where the skies are so blue._____ 
 D5        C5         G5   Csus2  D5             C5            G5       F/C  C   
     Sweet home al-a-bam-a           Lord, I'm com-in home to you
 D5        C5         G5   Csus2  D5             C5              G5        C5
     Sweet home al-a-bam-a           where the skies are so blue._____ 
 D5        C5         G5   Csus2  D5             C5            G5       F/C  C
     Sweet home al-a-bam-a           Lord, I'm com-in home to you
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