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