Alabama Acres Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Em][G][Em][Bm][Em][C][D]
[G][Em][Bm][Em][C][D][C][D]
[C][Bm][D][G][Em][C]
[D][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
So there's hun[C]dreds of auburn [D]Alabama [G]acres,[C]
[G]With rows of red[Bm] roo[C]fs ove[D]r warm
farmer's [G]daugh[C]ters
[G]Who've got no inten[C]tion
of invit[D]ing me [Bm]in .[Em]
Space shines all above [C]me so
I settle [D]myself under [G]it.[C][G]

[Verse 2]
When I wake [C]up,
I'm back in my [D]crowed city apart[G]ment,[C]
[G]With some random [C]men doing [D]work
off in the kit[G]chen.[C]
[G]They're stacking mattresses [C]up now from
the ceil[D]ing down to [Bm]the floor.[Em]
My father's sick in the hall[C]way.

[Verse 3]
I hear him whist[D]ling under [G]door.
I rush to [C]lift him, but you all
[Bm]know I'm weak,
And [D]you know that he's [G]heavy.
There's no blood in [C]his cheeks,
But he's smil[D]ing straight

[Verse 4]
at [G]me.
I ask the thickest of the [C]workers,
"Would you please [D]come
and help me [Bm]out [Em]?"
He comes ambling [C]over and says,
"Sir, I love [D]how your whistling

[Verse 5]
sound[G]s."[C][G]
So now we [C]drag him through the
kitchen to the [D]living room
And down on the car[G]pet.[C]
[G]He says, "Son, I'm embar[C]rassed,

[Verse 6]
But [D]the sides of my head [G]hurt.
I just know that [C]I'm tired and
[D]I could surely use some [Bm]rest."[Em]
I tear a mattress down
[C]for him and I say,
"Here [D]Dad. Sleep some on [G]this."

[Verse 7]
I wake for [D]real, and it's [G]over.
[C]I'm alone in the [Am]acres,
And my dad is still dead.
[Em]So i[G]f you're under[C]neath
[D]one of [G]those rooftops,

[Verse 8]
Look out your [C]window and
in[D]vite me on in[Em],
Cause it's cold [C]and I'm lonely,
And I could sure [D]use [G]a friend.[Em]

[Outro 1]
[C][D][G][D][Em][C][D]
[G][D][Em][G][D][C][Em]
[D][G][D][G][Em][Bm][Em][C][D]
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