King of Alabama Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[D]Well, I
didn't know him best
[G]He'd say we were friends
[A]We both rode the highways
on [D]the song[G][D]
So I'm writing this one here
in [G]memory of him
'Cause [A]the King of Alabama
has gone [D]home

[Verse 2]
He was [D]a man among
men, the old-school kind
kind
Had a [G]great big heart, a laid-back mind
mind
Let you [A]hold his guitar if you
broke his string
If you [G]thought he looked country,
outta [A]heard him sing

[Verse 3]
From [D]Alabama 'cross
the Rio Grande
[G]He beat the blacktop down
with a five-piece band
band
Not be[A]cause he loved it
- he did that too -
But he [G]did it man 'cause that's
what he was [A]born to do

[Verse 4]
[Bm]Some people calculate [F#m]moves
[G]He never had a [D]thing to prove
[Bm]He just let the wind take
[F#m]him where it ma[G]y
[D]It's a [Em]damn shame the way things go
It's [F#m]too bad we have
to lose the good folks
But [G]the King of [F#m]Alabama [Em]has[A]
gone [D]home[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 5]
"Nothin' [D]good ever happens after
[A]midnight," [Bm]so th[G]e story goes
[A]You can't trust nobody,
[G]it don't matter how clo[A]se
It was [D]a friend that took him
[Bm]from[A] his[G] fam[A]ily[G]
I keep his [A]chain in my pocket,
his son in my prayers
Every [G]stage I'm on, I [A]can feel him there

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Some people calculate [F#m]moves
[G]He never had a [D]thing to prove
[F#m]He jus[Bm]t let the wind
take [F#m]him where it ma[G]y
[D]It's [Em]a damn shame the way things go
It's [F#m]too bad we have
to lose the good folks
But [G]the King of [F#m]Alabama [Em]has [A]gone home[Bm]

[Interlude 2]
[Bm][F#m]
[G][F#m][Em]
[G][F#m][Em][G][F#m][Em]
[A]

[Verse 7]
[Bm]Some people calculate [F#m]moves
[G]He never had [D]a thing to prove
He [Bm]just let the wind take
[F#m]him where it ma[G]y
[D]He'd say [Bm]Honky tonk's the tric[F#m]k
[G]But get a guitar and gra[D]b your pick
Let [Bm]the old tunes poss[F#m]ess
you and [G]play [D]yeah
[Em]It's a damn shame the way things go
It's [F#m]too bad we have
to lose the good folks
But [G]the King of [F#m]Alabama[Em]
[G]The King of [F#m]Alabama[Em]
The [G]King [F#m]of Alabama[Em][A]

[Outro 1]
has gone home
[D][F#m][D][Am]