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Written and recorded by the Louvin Bros.
From the LP "Tragic Songs of Life"
Acuff-Rose Music,
Recorded May 25, 1955

Capo 1

3/4 Waltz


E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)       EAlabama, (022100@1)your beautiful sunlight
     A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)         BYour (x2444x@1)fields of cerisa, potatos and corn
E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)       
Alabama, your crimson red clover
     A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)         BAll (x2444x@1)mingled around the old place I was born


E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)            EAlabama, (022100@1)your hills and your valleys
     A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)         BYour (x2444x@1)creeks sing with laughter as onward they flow
E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)         EAlabama, (022100@1)so sweet in the springtime
      A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)         BSweet (x2444x@1)ferns and wild flowers in winter with snow


E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)         EAlabama, (022100@1)so sweet to my memory
    A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)       BYou (x2444x@1)shine like a light on the beautiful hill
E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        EAlabama, (022100@1)in days of my childhood
     A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)         BI've (x2444x@1)labored and toiled at the old sorghum mill


E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)            EAlabama, (022100@1)when red leaves are falling
     A (x02220@1)                 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)       BI've (x2444x@1)roamed through your pastures with fences of rail
E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)         EAlabama, (022100@1)when possums are crawling and
    A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)           BAnd (x2444x@1)hound dogs are whining and wagging their tails


E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)       EAlabama, (022100@1)your beautiful highways
    A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)           BAre (x2444x@1)carved through the mountain where loved ones do wait
E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)       EAlabama, (022100@1)your goldenrod flowers
        A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)      BAnd (x2444x@1)the welcome home sign hanging over the gate


E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        EAlabama, (022100@1)to me you are calling
   A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)       BMy (x2444x@1)footsteps are comin' no longer to stray
E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)        EAlabama, (022100@1)you hold all I long for
    A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)    BYou (x2444x@1)hold all I love, so I'm coming today