Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

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"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping.

Despite controversy, it reached #8 on the US charts in 1974, and was the band's second hit single.At a band practice shortly after bassist Ed King had switched to guitar, King heard fellow guitarist Gary Rossington playing a guitar riff that inspired him (in fact, this riff is still heard in the final version of the song and is played during the verses as a counterpoint to the main D-C+9-G chord progression). In interviews, Ed King has said that, during the night following the practice session, the chords and two main guitar solos came to him in a dream, note for note. King then introduced the song to the band the next day, and a hit was born. Also written at this session was the track that would follow "Alabama" on the Second Helping album, "I Need You."



Big wheels keep on turning

Carry me home to see my kin

Singing songs about the southland

I miss alabamy once again

And I think its 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 dont need him around anyhow



Sweet home alabama

Where the skies are so blue

Sweet home alabama

Lord, Im coming home to you



In birmingham they love the governor

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, Im coming home to you

Here I come alabama



Now muscle shoals has got the swampers

And theyve been known to pick a song or two

Lord they get me off so much

They pick me up when Im feeling blue

Now how about you?



Sweet home alabama

Where the skies are so blue

Sweet home alabama

Lord, Im coming home to you



Sweet home alabama

Oh sweet home baby

Where the skies are so blue

And the governors true

Sweet home alabama

Lordy

Lord, Im coming home to you

Yea, yea montgomerys got the answer