" A L A B A M A " 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 A E Alabama, your beautiful sunlight A E A B Your fields of cerisa, potatos and corn E A E Alabama, your crimson red clover A E A B All mingled around the old place I was born E A E Alabama, your hills and your valleys A E A B Your creeks sing with laughter as onward they flow E A E Alabama, so sweet in the springtime A E A B Sweet ferns and wild flowers in winter with snow ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_louvin_brothers/alabama_crd.html ) E A E Alabama, so sweet to my memory A E A B You shine like a light on the beautiful hill E A E Alabama, in days of my childhood A E A B I've labored and toiled at the old sorghum mill E A E Alabama, when red leaves are falling A E A B I've roamed through your pastures with fences of rail E A E Alabama, when possums are crawling and A E A B And hound dogs are whining and wagging their tails E A E Alabama, your beautiful highways A E A B Are carved through the mountain where loved ones do wait E A E Alabama, your goldenrod flowers A E A B And the welcome home sign hanging over the gate E A E Alabama, to me you are calling A E A B My footsteps are comin no longer to stray E A E Alabama, you hold all I long for A E A B You hold all I love, so I'm coming today