Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama tab by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ver. 3)

Guitar tabs

From: sgabel@heathcliff.engin.umich.edu (Shawn M Gabel)

Her the first part of Sweet Home Alabama as it appeared
in GW several years ago.



          pm -- palm muted
          po -- pull off
          ls -- legato slide (first note picked only)
          x -- fret hand muting (percusive tone)
          s -- when under the tabs it indicates sixteenth notes
          t -- trill, fast hammer-on pull-off combination

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Moderate 100bpm  4/4 time

Gtr. 1   measure 1 Section A
                spoken "turn it up!"
   D     Csus2       G
        pm         pm     po   po   po
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3---------------3------|-------------------------------|
|----------2---------------0----|--------0--0----------------2/0|
|--0--0------0---------------0--|-------------------0-2/0-------|
|--------------3(0)3------------|--------------0/2--------2-----|
|-------------------------------|-3(0)3-------------------------|

Gtr. 2   measure 1
                              ls
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------97/9|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
                             ss s s

Gtr. 1   measure 3
                      pm         pm     po  po
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3---------------3------|-------------------------------|
|----------2---------------0----|--------0--0--2/0-0-4/0-----5fb|
|--0--0------0---------------0--|-------------------------0-----|
|--------------3(0)3------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3x3---------------------------|


Gtr. 2   measure 3

 |--legato phrasing--------------|~~~~~~vibrato~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7----------9-7----------------|(7)----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


Gtr. 1   measure 5
  D               G
          pm             po  po  po
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3--------------3----3--|-------3----3------------------|
|--------2--------------0----0--|-------0----0-------------2/0--|
|--0--0-------x--------------2--|-------0----0-----0-2/0--------|
|----------------3(0)3----------|--------------0/2-------2------|
|-------------------------------|3-x-3----3---------------------|

Gtr. 2   measure 5
 Riff A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  let ring---|   let ring---| let ring---------------------|
                        ls     t
|-----0-------------------0-----|----3---------------3----------|
|----------3---------3-------3--|---------3----3/5--------53---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Gtr. 1   measure 7
  D               G
          pm             ls
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3--------------3----3--|-------3-----------------------|
|--------2--------------0----0--|-------0------------0----------|
|--0--0-------x--------------0--|-------0----------0------------|
|----------------3(0)3----------|--------------1/2--------------|
|-------------------------------|3-x-3--------------------------|

Gtr. 2   measure 7
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Riff A ends++|
  let ring---|   let ring---|
|-----0-------------------0-----|----3---------3----------3-----|
|----------3---------3-------3--|---------3----------3----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------Gtr. 1   measure 9  Section B (Verses begin here and so does D.S.)
 1.Big  wheels  keep  on  turnin'
 2.Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
 3.In Birmingham they love the govnor'      boo   hoo
 4.Now muscle shoals has got the swamp us
  D      Csus2       G     po      po
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--------3--3----------3---3----|-------3----------------------|
||*-------2--2----------0---0----|-------0----------0----0------|
||*-0--0--------------------0----|-------0--------0-------------|
||---------------3--3------------|------------0/2-----------0/2-|
||-------------------------------|-3--3-------------------------|

Gtr. 2   measures 9-15 follows Riff A (played 2 times)

Gtr. 1   measure 11
 Carry me home to see my kin
 Well I heard old Neil put 'er down
 hoo Now we all did what we could  do
 An' they been known to pick a song or two
  D       Cadd2       G
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------3--3----------3---3-----|-------3----------------------|
|--------2--2----------0---0-----|-------0-----------0----------|
|--0--0--------------------2-----|-------0-----------0----------|
|---------------3--3-------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-3--3-------3--3--------------|

Gtr. 1   measure 13
 Singin' songs about the southland
 Well I hope Neil Young will remember
 Now Watergate does  not  bother  me
 Lord they get me off so  much
 D       Csus2        G
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------3--3----------3---3-----|-------3----------------------|
|--------2--2----------0---0-----|-------0----------0----0------|
|--0--0--------------------0-----|-------0--------0-------------|
|---------------3--3-------------|------------0/2-----------0/2-|
|--------------------------------|-3--3-------------------------|

Gtr. 1   measure 15
 I miss ole 'Bamee once again    I think it's  a sin yes
 A southern man don't need him
 Does your conscience bother you
 They pick me up when I'm feelin' blue
  D      Cadd2        G
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------3--3----------3---3-----|-------3---3------------------|
|--------2--2----------0---0-----|-------0---0-------0---0-0----|
|--0--0--------------------2-----|-------0---0-------0---0-0----|
|---------------3--3-------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-3--3--------3--3-------------|



more to come...enjoy

Shawn Gabel   sgabel@engin.umich.edu

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