King of Alabama
King of Alabama

King of Alabama easy guitar chords by Brent Cobb

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

  • Am

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well, I 

    didn't 
    know 
    him 
    best 

    He'd 
    say 
    we were 
    friends 

    We both 
    rode 
    the 
    highways 

    on 
    the song 

    So 
    I'm writing 
    this 
    one 
    here 

    in 
    memory 
    of him 

    'Cause 
    the King 
    of Alabama 

    has 
    gone 
    home 

    Verse 2
    He 
    was 
    a man 
    among 

    men, the old-school 
    kind 

    kind 

    Had a 
    great 
    big 
    heart, 
    a laid-back 
    mind 

    mind 

    Let you 
    hold his 
    guitar 
    if you 

    broke his 
    string 

    If you 
    thought 
    he looked 
    country, 

    outta 
    heard 
    him sing 

    Verse 3
    From 
    Alabama 
    'cross 

    the Rio 
    Grande 

    He beat the 
    blacktop down 

    with 
    a five-piece 
    band 

    band 

    Not be
    cause 
    he loved 
    it 

    - he did that 
    too 
    - 

    But he 
    did 
    it man 'cause 
    that's 

    what he was 
    born 
    to do 

    Verse 4
    Some 
    people 
    calcu
    late 
    moves 

    He 
    never 
    had a 
    thing 
    to prove 

    He 
    just let the 
    wind 
    take 

    him 
    where 
    it 
    may 

    It's a 
    damn 
    shame 
    the 
    way things 
    go 

    It's 
    too 
    bad 
    we 
    have 

    to 
    lose 
    the 
    good 
    folks 

    But 
    the King 
    of 
    Alabama 
    has 

    gone 
    home 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    "Nothin' 
    good 
    ever 
    happens 
    after 

    midnight," 
    so 
    the story 
    goes 

    You 
    can't 
    trust 
    nobody, 

    it 
    don't 
    matter 
    how 
    close 

    It 
    was 
    a friend 
    that 
    took 
    him 

    from 
    his 
    family 

    I 
    keep 
    his 
    chain 
    in 
    my 
    pocket, 

    his 
    son 
    in 
    my 
    prayers 

    Every 
    stage 
    I'm 
    on, 
    I 
    can feel 
    him 
    there 

    Verse 6
    Some 
    people 
    calcu
    late 
    moves 

    He 
    never 
    had 
    a 
    thing 
    to prove 

    He 
    just 
    let 
    the wind 

    take 
    him 
    where 
    it 
    may 

    It's 
    a damn 
    shame 
    the 
    way 
    things 
    go 

    It's 
    too 
    bad 
    we 
    have 

    to 
    lose 
    the 
    good 
    folks 

    But 
    the King 
    of 
    Alabama 
    has 
    gone 
    home 

    Interlude 2




    Verse 7
    Some 
    people 
    calcu
    late 
    moves 

    He 
    never 
    had 
    a thing 
    to prove 

    He 
    just 
    let 
    the wind 
    take 

    him 
    where 
    it 
    may 

    He'd say 
    Honky 
    tonk's the 
    trick 

    But 
    get 
    a 
    guitar 
    and 
    grab 
    your pick 

    Let 
    the 
    old 
    tunes 
    pos
    sess 

    you 
    and 
    play 
    yeah 

    It's 
    a damn 
    shame 
    the 
    way 
    things 
    go 

    It's 
    too 
    bad 
    we 
    have 

    to lose 
    the 
    good 
    folks 

    But 
    the King 
    of 
    Alabama 

    The King 
    of 
    Alabama 

    The 
    King 
    of Alabama 

    Outro 1
    has 
    gone 
    home 


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