Intro: C# B9 F# C# B9 F# It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long C# B9 F# Caught somewhere between a boy and man C# B9 F# She was seventeen and she was far from in-between C# B9 F# It was summertime in Northern Michigan C# B9 F# Ahh Ahh Ahh C# B9 F# Ahh Ahh Ahh C# B9 Splashing through the sand bar F# Talking by the campfire C# B9 F# Itʼs the simple things in life, like when and where C# B9 We didnʼt have no internet F# But man I never will forget C# B9 F# The way the moonlight shined upon her hair C# B9 And we were trying different things F# We were smoking funny things C# B9 F# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song C# B9 F# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow C# B9 F# C# B9 F# Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long C# B9 Catching Walleye from the dock F# Watching the waves roll off the rocks C# B9 F# Sheʼll forever hold a spot inside my soul C# B9 Weʼd blister in the sun F# We couldnʼt wait for night to come C# B9 F# To hit that sand and play some rock and roll C# B9 While we were trying different things F# And we were smoking funny things C# B9 F# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song C# B9 F# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow C# B9 F# C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# C# B9 F# Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change C# B9 F# Or how we thought those days would never end C# B9 F# Sometimes Iʼll hear that song and Iʼll start to sing along C# B9 F# And think man Iʼd love to see that girl again C# B9 While we were trying different things F# And we were smoking funny things C# B9 F# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song C# B9 F# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 While we were trying different things F# And we were smoking funny things C# B9 F# Making love out by the lake to our favorite song C# B9 F# Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ʼbout tomorrow C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long C# B9 F# x4
