Intro
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verse 1
E
Well, I didn't know him best
A
He'd say we were friends
B E
We both rode the highways on the song
E A
So I'm writing this one here in memory of him
B E
'Cause the King of Alabama has gone home
verse 2
E
He was a man among men, the old-school kind
A
Had a great big heart, a laid-back mind
B
Let you hold his guitar if you broke his string
A B
If you thought he looked country, outta heard him sing
verse 3
E
From Alabama 'cross the Rio Grande
A
He beat the blacktop down with a five-piece band
B
Not because he loved it - he did that too -
A B
But he did it man 'cause that's what he was born to do
C#m G#m
Some people calculate moves
A E
He never had a thing to prove
C#m G#m A E
He just let the wind take him where it may
F#m
It's a damn shame the way things go
G#m
It's too bad we have to lose the good folks
A G#m F#m B E |A
But the King of Alabama has gone home
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verse 4
E A
"Nothin' good ever happens after midnight," so the story goes
B A B
You can't trust nobody, it don't matter how close
E A
It was a friend that took him from his family
B
I keep his chain in my pocket, his son in my prayers
A B
Every stage I'm on, I can feel him there
C#m G#m
Some people calculate moves
A E
He never had a thing to prove
C#m G#m A E
He just let the wind take him where it may
F#m
It's a damn shame the way things go
G#m
It's too bad we have to lose the good folks
A F#m B
But the King of Alabama has gone home
Solo
|C#m |G#m |A G#m F#m |A G#m F#m
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C#m G#m
Some people calculate moves
A E
He never had a thing to prove
C#m G#m A E
He just let the wind take him where it may
C#m G#m
Honky tonks would trip
A E
Get a guitar and beg him to pick
C# G#m A E
Let the old tunes posses you and play
F#m
It's a damn shame the way things go
G#m
It's too bad we have to lose the good folks
A G#m F#m
But the King of Alabama
A G#m F#m
The King of Alabama
A G#m F#m B E B A
The King of Alabama has gone home