F G Em  F G F C  F G Em
 
F G    Em   F          G              F         C
Oh  Alabama; the devil fools with the best laid plan.
F      G      Em
 Swing low Alabama
F                         D
 You got the spare change,  you got to feel strange
E                   F            G
 And now the moment  is all that it meant.
 
Am
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
       C             D
That's breaking your back.
     Am
Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
      C            D
And a wheel on the track
 
F G    Em   F        G                   F      C
Oh  Alabama,  banjos playing through the broken glass
F        G       Em
 Windows down in Alabama.
F                   D
  See the old folks  tied in white ropes
E                 F                  G
  Hear the banjo;  don't it take you down home?
 
Am
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
       C             D
That's breaking your back.
     Am
Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
      C            D
And a wheel on the track
 
F G    Em    F      G           F          C
Oh  Alabama;  can I see you and shake your hand.
F     G               Em
 Make friends down in Alabama.
F
 I'm from a new land
D                  E
 I come to you and  see all this ruin 
F            G
What are you doin'? 
 
Am
Alabama,
                                 C         D
You got the rest of the union to help you along
       Am          F G Em
What's goin' wrong? 
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo V
 
F  = C
G  = D
Em = Bm
C  = G
D  = A
E  = B
Am = Em