Muscadine Bloodline – Down In Alabama (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Dispatch to 16th Ave. (2022), track 9
*** PERFORMANCE NOTES:
- All chords are played on the bottom five
strings only: 00000x.
- The B string has a drone note on it, D,
played with third finger. Use that finger
to mute the high E string: 00003x.
- Most chords only have one other finger
being used, with the next string being
muted by the finger being used.
CHORDS:
G 3x003x
C x3x03x
Em 02x03x
D x0023x
G/F# 2x003x
=============================================[CHORUS]
G C G Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze G D Where the Spanish moss is hangin' off an old magnolia tree G C G You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings D G G/F# Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
[VERSE I]
G/F# Em C G Oh, lay me down in Alabama, maybe somewhere 'round Mobile G D Where the hands of time've been left behind like a dusty cottonfield G G/F# Em C G Oh, throw my ashes o'er the causeway or the Mississippi line G D Gotta past that's beat and battered but my family still resides G G/F# Em C Oh, lay me down in Alabama
[CHORUS]
G C G Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze G D Where the Spanish moss is hangin' off an old magnolia tree G C G You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings G D G Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
[VERSE II]
G/F# Em C G Oh, lay me down in Alabama where the Tensaw tends to break G D Gimme that old time religion that your spirit just can't shake G G/F# Em C G They say home is where the heart is, and Lord I still believe G D If it's good enough for Hank Williams then it's good for me G G/F# Em Oh, lay me down [INSTRUMENTAL] Em C G E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-8---8---3---3---3-----3-----3---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---| G|-7h9-7---2h4-2---3p2-0-----0-----|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|-----------------------0h2---0h2-|---------0h2-0-----------0h2---2-| A|---------------------------------|-3-------------0-----------------| E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------| G D Em G/F# E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-3-----3-----3-----3-------------|-----3-------3-------3-----------| G|-3p2p0-3p2p0-3p2p0-3p2p0-----0---|-----2-------2-------2-----------| D|-------------------------0h2---2-|-0-------0-------0---------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|-------------------------0---2---|
[CHORUS]
Em G/F# G C G Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze G D Where the Spanish moss is hangin' off an old magnolia tree G C G You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings G D G Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me G/F# Em C Oh, lay me down in Alabama [OUTRO] (played like a mountain dulcimer) G C E|---------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-3---3---|-3-------3------3-3---3---3-------|-3--------3-------3--------------| G|-0---2---|-2h4-----4------5-3---2---0-------|-0------------0---0--------------| D|---------|------------------------------0---|-0h2------------0-0--------------| A|---------|----------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|-3-------|-3-----------3--------------------|------------------3--------------|