Intro: D C9 G D C9 G It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long D C9 G Caught somewhere between a boy and man D C9 G She was seventeen and she was far from in-between D C9 G It was summertime in Northern Michigan D C9 G Ahh Ahh Ahh D C9 G Ahh Ahh Ahh D C9 Splashing through the sand bar G Talking by the campfire D C9 G Itʼs the simple things in life, like when and where D C9 We didnʼt have no internet G But man I never will forget D C9 G The way the moonlight shined upon her hair D C9 And we were trying different things G We were smoking funny things D C9 G Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D C9 G Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D C9 G D C9 G Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long D C9 G Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long D C9 Catching Walleye from the dock G Watching the waves roll off the rocks D C9 G Sheʼll forever hold a spot inside my soul D C9 Weʼd blister in the sun G We couldnʼt wait for night to come D C9 G To hit that sand and play some rock and roll D C9 While we were trying different things G And we were smoking funny things D C9 G Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D C9 G Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D C9 G D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G D C9 G Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change D C9 G Or how we thought those days would never end D C9 G Sometimes Iʼll hear that song and Iʼll start to sing along D C9 G And think man Iʼd love to see that girl again D C9 While we were trying different things G And we were smoking funny things D C9 G Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D C9 G Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 While we were trying different things G And we were smoking funny things D C9 G Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D C9 G Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D C9 G x4