Intro - D - D/B - D/G - Em - D - D/B - G



(verse 1)
D (xx0232@1)                  D/B (x20232@1)       
Misty sunrise in my hometown, 
         D/F# (200232@1)          D/G (300232@1)Rows of cotton bout knee high,
       D (xx0232@1)          D/BMrs. (x20232@1)Baker down the dirt road,
           D/F# (200232@1)             D/GStill (300232@1)got clothes out on the line,

(verse 2)
       D (xx0232@1)                D/B (x20232@1)Erwin Nichols there with Judge Lee,
         D/F# (200232@1)        D/G (300232@1)Playin checkers at the gin,
        D (xx0232@1)              D/BWhen (x20232@1)I dream about the southland,
         G (320003@1)          Em7
This is where it all begins,

(chorus)
      D (xx0232@1)                BmFrom (x24432@1)Carolina down to Georgia,
            G (320003@1)          Em7
Smell the jasmine and magnollia,
        D (xx0232@1)         BmSleepy (x24432@1)Sweet home Alabama,
           G- (320003@1) Em7
Roll tide roll,
       D (xx0232@1)          BmMuddy (x24432@1)water, Misssissippi,
           G (320003@1)               Em7 - DBlessed (xx0232@1)Graceland whispers to me,
        Bm (x24432@1)     GCarry (320003@1)on, Carry on,
                   A (x02220@1)        D- (xx0232@1)Bm- (x24432@1)GSweet (320003@1)Southern Comfort carry on,

(verse 3)
D (xx0232@1)                     D/BCatchin (x20232@1)catfish on the river,
         D/F# (200232@1)          D/GChasin (300232@1)fireflies by the creek,
         D (xx0232@1)             D/BKissin (x20232@1)Debbie Williams sister,
       D/F# (200232@1)            D/GOn (300232@1)the porch Homecommin week,

(verse 4)
           D (xx0232@1)                D/BWith (x20232@1)rusty cars and weeping willows,
       D/F# (200232@1)            D/GKeepin (300232@1)watch out in the yard,
        D (xx0232@1)                 D/BJust (x20232@1)a snapshot of downhome Dixie,
         D/G (300232@1)        Em7
Could be anywhere you are,

(chorus)
    D (xx0232@1)             BmIn (x24432@1)Carolina or in Georgia,
      G (320003@1)       Em7
Open arms are waitin for ya,
        D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)         G- (320003@1) Em7
Louisianna yellow rose of San Antone,
    D (xx0232@1)          BmArkansas, (x24432@1)Mississippi,
         G (320003@1)            Em- (022000@1)DOld (xx0232@1)man river whispers to me,
        Bm (x24432@1)     GCarry (320003@1)on, Carry on,
                   A (x02220@1)        DSweet (xx0232@1)Southern Comfort carry on,

(lead chords - D - Bm - G - Em - D - Bm - G)

(verse 5)
     D (xx0232@1)             D/BAs (x20232@1)I sit here I'm surrounded,
            D/F# (200232@1)   D/GBy (300232@1)these priceless memories,
         D (xx0232@1)           D/BI (x20232@1)don't have to think about it,
             G (320003@1)           Em7
There's no place I'd rather be,

(chorus)
    D (xx0232@1)             BmIn (x24432@1)Carolina or in Georgia,
            G (320003@1)          Em7
Smell the jasmine and magnollia,
        D (xx0232@1)         BmSleepy (x24432@1)Sweet home Alabama,
           G- (320003@1) Em7
Roll tide roll,
       D (xx0232@1)          BmMuddy (x24432@1)water, Misssissippi,
           G (320003@1)               Em7 - DBlessed (xx0232@1)Graceland whispers to me,
        Bm (x24432@1)     GCarry (320003@1)on, Carry on,
                 A- (x02220@1)  DSweet (xx0232@1)Southern Comfort,
        Bm (x24432@1)     GCarry (320003@1)on, Carry on,
                   A (x02220@1)        DSweet (xx0232@1)Southern Comfort carry on,

(Outro chords- 
D- (xx0232@1)Bm- (x24432@1)G- (320003@1)Em- (022000@1)D- (xx0232@1)D- (xx0232@1)Bm- (x24432@1)G- (320003@1)Em- (022000@1)D)