Capo: 1st fret
[CHORUS]
G C G
Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze
G D
Where the Spanish moss is hangin' off an old magnolia tree
G C G
You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings
D G G/F#
Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
[VERSE I]
G/F# Em C G
Oh, lay me down in Alabama, maybe somewhere 'round Mobile
G D
Where the hands of time've been left behind like a dusty cottonfield
G G/F# Em C G
Oh, throw my ashes o'er the causeway or the Mississippi line
G D
Gotta past that's beat and battered but my family still resides
G G/F# Em C
Oh, lay me down in Alabama
[CHORUS]
G C G
Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze
G D
Where the Spanish moss is hangin' off an old magnolia tree
G C G
You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings
G D G
Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
[VERSE II]
G/F# Em C G
Oh, lay me down in Alabama where the Tensaw tends to break
G D
Gimme that old time religion that your spirit just can't shake
G G/F# Em C G
They say home is where the heart is, and Lord I still believe
G D
If it's good enough for Hank Williams then it's good for me
G G/F# Em
Oh, lay me down
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em C G
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-8---8---3---3---3-----3-----3---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|
G|-7h9-7---2h4-2---3p2-0-----0-----|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|-----------------------0h2---0h2-|---------0h2-0-----------0h2---2-|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------------0-----------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
G D Em G/F#
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-----3-----3-------------|-----3-------3-------3-----------|
G|-3p2p0-3p2p0-3p2p0-3p2p0-----0---|-----2-------2-------2-----------|
D|-------------------------0h2---2-|-0-------0-------0---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------0---2---|
[CHORUS]
Em G/F# G C G
Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze
G D
Where the Spanish moss is hangin' off an old magnolia tree
G C G
You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings
G D G
Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
G/F# Em C
Oh, lay me down in Alabama
[OUTRO]
(played like a mountain dulcimer)
G C
E|---------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3---3---|-3-------3------3-3---3---3-------|-3--------3-------3--------------|
G|-0---2---|-2h4-----4------5-3---2---0-------|-0------------0---0--------------|
D|---------|------------------------------0---|-0h2------------0-0--------------|
A|---------|----------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|-3-------|-3-----------3--------------------|------------------3--------------|
Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze
Where the Spanish moss is hanging off an old Magnolia tree
You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings
Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
Oh, lay me down in Alabama
Maybe somewhere 'round Mobile
Where the hands of time been left behind
Like a dusty cotton field
Oh, throw my ashes o'er the causeway
Or the Mississippi line
Got a past that's beat and battered
But my family still resides
Oh, lay me down in Alabama
Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze
Where the Spanish moss is hanging off an old Magnolia tree
You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings
Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
Oh, lay me down in Alabama
Where that tensaw tends to break
Give me that old time religion
That your spirit just can't shake
They say home is where the heart is
And Lord, I still believe
If it's good enough for Hank Williams
Then it's good enough for me
Oh, lay me down
Where the pines meet the shoreline with the Delta summer breeze
Where the Spanish moss is hanging off an old Magnolia tree
You can hear the Dixie whippoorwill, her morning song she sings
Lay me down in Alabama when you go to bury me
Oh, lay me down in Alabama
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