#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 18:11:33 +0100
From: higgins@seas.smu.edu (Gregory Higgins)
From: ernst.horvath@iic.wifi.at (Horvath Ernst)
Subject: tab: Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The two versions I could find are good, but they both miss
some parts. So here is the complete song, unfortunately
without the solo, but I am working on it. I don’t know if that’s
the exact way to play it, but it sounds good so have fun with it.
(Roli)
Intro
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------3----------|--------3---------|-----------3------|
|----------2-------|-----------0------|-----------0------|
|-0--0----------0--|------------------|-----------0------|
|------------------|-3p0h3--------3---|-----------2------|
|------------------|------------------|--3p0h3----3------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------3----------|---------3--------|
|-------------2p0--|----------2-------|------------0-----|
|-----0h2p2--------|-0--0--------0----|------------------|
|-0h2-------2------|------------------|--3p0h3--------3--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------3--------|------------------|--------3---------|
|---------0--------|0-0-2p0-0-4h0-0-5b|-----------2------|
|---------0--------|------------------|--0--0----------0-|
|---------2--------|------------------|------------------|
|-3p0h3---3--------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------3---------|-----------3------|------------------|
|-----------0------|-----------0------|-------------2p0--|
|------------------|-----------0------|-----0h2h0--------|
|-3p0h3--------3---|-----------2------|-0h2-------2------|
|------------------|--3p0h3----3------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------3----------|--------3---------|---------3------3-|
|----------2-------|-----------0------|---------0------0-|
|-0--0----------0--|------------------|---------0------0-|
|------------------|-3p0h3--------3---|---------2------2-|
|------------------|------------------|--3p0h3--3--3-3-3-|
There are different ways to play along the verses and the chorus. I
actually use all of them to make the song sound more exciting and they
are also good to play the song with two guitars. The first possibility
is to repeat the picking of the intro.The second one is just to play the
chords like that and add one of the little licks each time before you
start over:
|---------2----|-----------0-----|----------3------|
|---------3----|-----------1-----|----------0------|
|---------2----|-----------0-----|----------0------|
|--0--0---0----|-----------2-----|----------0------|
|--------------|---3p0h3---3-----|----------2------|
|--------------|-----------------|---3p0h3--3------|
The little licks are as follows:
Lick 1 Lick2 Lick3
|------------------||------------------||-------------------||
|------------------||------------------||-------------------||
|-------------2p0--||0-0-2p0-0-4p0-0-5b||----0-----0-----0--||
|-----2p0h2--------||------------------||0h2---0h2---0h2----||
|-0h2-------2------||------------------||-------------------||
|------------------||------------------||-------------------||
The third possibility is as follows:
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------||
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------||
|--7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5--5--|-------------|-------------||
|--7--7--9--7--|--5--5--7--5--|--5--5----5--|----5-5-5-5--||
|--5--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--3--|--5--5----5--|----5-5-7-5--||
|--------------|--------------|--3--3----3--|----3-3-3-3--||
The riff you can hear between the verses and the chorus wasn’t easy to
figure out, but here it is:
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------7----7--|------------5--5--|------------------|
|----------7----7--|------------5--5--|------------------|
|-7h8h9------------|--9\7—-5/7--------|---7\0—(let ring)-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-------0--------------|
|-----0-------------0--|
|-0h2-----------0h2----|
|---------3p0h3--------|
Here are the lyrics in case you don’t know them:
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
Big wheels keep on turning,
carry me home to see my kin
singing songs about the southland.
I miss ole bamy once again and I think it's a sin. Yeah.
Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her.
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down.
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
a southern man don't need him around anyhow.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor. Oooh hoo hoo.
Now we all did what we could do.
Now Watergate does not bother me.
Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
and they ve been known to pick a song or two.
Lord, they get me off so much,
they pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how about you.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
Special Thanks to my first guitar teacher in Dexter / Michigan: Bill
Hansen and his family.
ROLI HORVATH
(ernst.horvath@iic.wifi.at)
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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>From sgabel@heathcliff.engin.umich.edu (Shawn M Gabel)
Subject: TAB: Sweet Home Alabama
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---------------------|
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-------------|
----------
From: higgins@seas.smu.edu (Gregory Higgins)
Subject: Re: EASY crd/tab: SWEET HOME
Here is a very easy way to play Sweet Home Alabama. It is NOT EXACTLY
the way they do it, but it is very close and sounds good to me.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: h - denotes hammer on
p - denotes pull off
1. INTRO
The following riff is the INTRO (I think they play it twice)
D C G
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3---------------3------|-------------------------------|
|----------2---------------0----|--------0-----------------0----|
|--0--0------0---------------0--|-------------------0-0h2----0--|
|--------------3p0-3------------|------------0-0h2--------------|
|-------------------------------|-3p0-3-------------------------|
^from here to the end of the
measure play quickly
2. VERSES
During the VERSES you can just repeat the following two measures,
or play the INTRO measures if you like the picking.
D C G
|--------2-------------0--------|--------3----------------------|
|--------3-------------1--------|--------0----------------------|
|--------2-------------0--------|--------0----------------0-----|
|--0--0--0-------------2--------|--------0---------0-0h2-----0--|
|----------------3--3--3--------|--------2---0-0h2--------------|
|-------------------------------|--3--3--3----------------------|
3. CHORUS
During the CHORUS I repeat the following four measures (again, you could
substitute the picking of the intro instead of strumming the chords).
D C G
|--------2-------------0--------|--------3----------------------|
|--------3-------------1--------|--------0----------------------|
|--------2-------------0--------|--------0----------------0-----|
|--0--0--0-------------2--------|--------0---------0-0h2-----0--|
|----------------3--3--3--------|--------2---0-0h2--------------|
|-------------------------------|--3--3--3----------------------|
D C
|--------2-------------0--------|-------------------------------|
|--------3-------------1--------|-------------------------------|
|--------2-------------0--------|------0------0------0----------|
|--0--0--0-------------2--------|--0h2----0h2----0h2----2--0----|
|----------------3--3--3--------|-----------------------------2-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
NOTE: About the neat little riff between the verses and the solo,
well I don't have them figured out yet. Does anyone else?
Here are the lyrics, just in case.
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
Big wheels keep on turning,
carry me home to see my kin
singing songs about the southland.
I miss ole bamy once again and I think it's a sin. Yes.
Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her.
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down.
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
a southern man don't need him around anyhow.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor. Oooh hoo hoo.
Now we all did what we could do.
Now Watergate does not bother me.
Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
and they ve been known to pick a song or two.
Lord, they get me off so much,
they pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how about you.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.
Added bonus:
Here are the chords to FREEBIRD:
|G D |Em |F C |D |
and to GIMME THREE STEPS:
verses:
|D |A7 |D |E7 A7|D |G E7 |D |A7 |
and chorus:
|D |A7 |D |A7 |
ENJOY!
-greg
Sweet Home Alabama
by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album Second Helping
Words and Music by Ronnie Van Zant,Ed King and Gary Rossington
This is just the intro right now, I've got the rest of it and will post
it soon.
Intro (Elec.)
-||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-||--------3-------------------3--------|---------------------------------------
-||-----------2-------------------0-----|-------------0--0----------------------
-||--0--0--------0-------------------0--|------------------------0--2p0---------
-||-----------------3--(0)--3-----------|-------------------0h2----------2------
-||-------------------------------------|--3--(0)--3----------------------------
-----|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------
-----|--------3-------------------3--------|------------------------------------
2p0--|-----------2-------------------0-----|-----------0--0--2p0--0--4p0--------
-----|--0--0--------0-------------------0--|------------------------------0-----
-----|-----------------3--(0)--3-----------|------------------------------------
-----|-------------------------------------|--3--x--3---------------------------
(bend 5 up full)
----||--------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------
----||--------||--------3----------------3--3--|-----------3-----3--------------
-5--||--------||--------2----------------0--0--|-----------0-----0--------------
----||--------||--0--0-----x----------------2--|-----------0-----0-------0------
----||--------||--------------3--(0)--3--------|--------------------0h2---------
----||--------||-------------------------------|--3--x--3-----3-----------------
-------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------
-------------|--------3----------------3--3--|-----------3-------------||-------
--------2p0--|--------2----------------0--0--|-----------0----------0--||-------
2p0----------|--0--0-----x----------------0--|-----------0-------0-----||-------
-----2-------|--------------3--(0)--3--------|--------------1h2--------||-------
-------------|-------------------------------|--3--x--3----------------||-------
================================================================================
== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
================================================================================
---------- ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost Note
---------- ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff ----------
---------- ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead Note
---------- ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down ----------
---------- ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*||
---------- ||*----*||
---------- ||------||
Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
^ = triplet
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