Sweet Home Alabama Chords & Tabs
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From: sgabel@heathcliff.engin.umich.edu (Shawn M Gabel)
Her the first part of Sweet Home Alabama as it appeared
in GW several years ago.
pm -- palm muted
po -- pull off
ls -- legato slide (first note picked only)
x -- fret hand muting (percusive tone)
s -- when under the tabs it indicates sixteenth notes
t -- trill, fast hammer-on pull-off combination
Moderate 100bpm 4/4 time
Gtr. 1 measure 1 Section A
spoken "turn it up!"
D Csus2 G
pm pm po po po
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3---------------3------|-------------------------------|
|----------2---------------0----|--------0--0----------------2/0|
|--0--0------0---------------0--|-------------------0-2/0-------|
|--------------3(0)3------------|--------------0/2--------2-----|
|-------------------------------|-3(0)3-------------------------|
Gtr. 2 measure 1
ls
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------9\7/9|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
ss s s
Gtr. 1 measure 3
pm pm po po
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3---------------3------|-------------------------------|
|----------2---------------0----|--------0--0--2/0-0-4/0-----5fb|
|--0--0------0---------------0--|-------------------------0-----|
|--------------3(0)3------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3x3---------------------------|
Gtr. 2 measure 3
|--legato phrasing--------------|~~~~~~vibrato~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7----------9-7----------------|(7)----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gtr. 1 measure 5
D G
pm po po po
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3--------------3----3--|-------3----3------------------|
|--------2--------------0----0--|-------0----0-------------2/0--|
|--0--0-------x--------------2--|-------0----0-----0-2/0--------|
|----------------3(0)3----------|--------------0/2-------2------|
|-------------------------------|3-x-3----3---------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lynyrd_skynyrd/sweet_home_alabama_tab_ver_3.html ]
Gtr. 2 measure 5
Riff A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
let ring---| let ring---| let ring---------------------|
ls t
|-----0-------------------0-----|----3---------------3----------|
|----------3---------3-------3--|---------3----3/5--------5\3---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gtr. 1 measure 7
D G
pm ls
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3--------------3----3--|-------3-----------------------|
|--------2--------------0----0--|-------0------------0----------|
|--0--0-------x--------------0--|-------0----------0------------|
|----------------3(0)3----------|--------------1/2--------------|
|-------------------------------|3-x-3--------------------------|
Gtr. 2 measure 7
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Riff A ends++|
let ring---| let ring---|
|-----0-------------------0-----|----3---------3----------3-----|
|----------3---------3-------3--|---------3----------3----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------Gtr. 1 measure 9 Section B (Verses begin here and so does D.S.)
1.Big wheels keep on turnin'
2.Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
3.In Birmingham they love the govnor' boo hoo
4.Now muscle shoals has got the swamp us
D Csus2 G po po
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--------3--3----------3---3----|-------3----------------------|
||*-------2--2----------0---0----|-------0----------0----0------|
||*-0--0--------------------0----|-------0--------0-------------|
||---------------3--3------------|------------0/2-----------0/2-|
||-------------------------------|-3--3-------------------------|
Gtr. 2 measures 9-15 follows Riff A (played 2 times)
Gtr. 1 measure 11
Carry me home to see my kin
Well I heard old Neil put 'er down
hoo Now we all did what we could do
An' they been known to pick a song or two
D Cadd2 G
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------3--3----------3---3-----|-------3----------------------|
|--------2--2----------0---0-----|-------0-----------0----------|
|--0--0--------------------2-----|-------0-----------0----------|
|---------------3--3-------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-3--3-------3--3--------------|
Gtr. 1 measure 13
Singin' songs about the southland
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
Now Watergate does not bother me
Lord they get me off so much
D Csus2 G
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------3--3----------3---3-----|-------3----------------------|
|--------2--2----------0---0-----|-------0----------0----0------|
|--0--0--------------------0-----|-------0--------0-------------|
|---------------3--3-------------|------------0/2-----------0/2-|
|--------------------------------|-3--3-------------------------|
Gtr. 1 measure 15
I miss ole 'Bamee once again I think it's a sin yes
A southern man don't need him
Does your conscience bother you
They pick me up when I'm feelin' blue
D Cadd2 G
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------3--3----------3---3-----|-------3---3------------------|
|--------2--2----------0---0-----|-------0---0-------0---0-0----|
|--0--0--------------------2-----|-------0---0-------0---0-0----|
|---------------3--3-------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-3--3--------3--3-------------|
more to come...enjoy
Shawn Gabel sgabel@engin.umich.edu
