Intro: D# C#9 G# D# C#9 G# It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long D# C#9 G# Caught somewhere between a boy and man D# C#9 G# She was seventeen and she was far from in-between D# C#9 G# It was summertime in Northern Michigan D# C#9 G# Ahh Ahh Ahh D# C#9 G# Ahh Ahh Ahh D# C#9 Splashing through the sand bar G# Talking by the campfire D# C#9 G# Itʼs the simple things in life, like when and where D# C#9 We didnʼt have no internet G# But man I never will forget D# C#9 G# The way the moonlight shined upon her hair D# C#9 And we were trying different things G# We were smoking funny things D# C#9 G# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D# C#9 G# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D# C#9 G# D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 Catching Walleye from the dock G# Watching the waves roll off the rocks D# C#9 G# Sheʼll forever hold a spot inside my soul D# C#9 Weʼd blister in the sun G# We couldnʼt wait for night to come D# C#9 G# To hit that sand and play some rock and roll D# C#9 While we were trying different things G# And we were smoking funny things D# C#9 G# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D# C#9 G# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D# C#9 G# D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# D# C#9 G# Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change D# C#9 G# Or how we thought those days would never end D# C#9 G# Sometimes Iʼll hear that song and Iʼll start to sing along D# C#9 G# And think man Iʼd love to see that girl again D# C#9 While we were trying different things G# And we were smoking funny things D# C#9 G# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D# C#9 G# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 While we were trying different things G# And we were smoking funny things D# C#9 G# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song D# C#9 G# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long D# C#9 G# x4
