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"Alabama Song"
The Doors
Album: The Doors
[Intro]
Keep strumming Am several times.
[Verse 1]
Am
Well, show me the way to the next whiskey bar
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
Am
Show me the way to the next whiskey bar
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
Am
For if we don't find the next whiskey bar,
F#m D7
I tell you we must die
F#m D7
I tell you we must die
F#m D7
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
(drop-down organ riff)
[Chorus 1]
F E
Oh, moon of Alabama we now must say goodbye
G G7 C C7 C
We've lost our good old mama and must
C7 F
have whiskey, oh, you know why
[Chorus 2]
F E
Oh, moon of Alabama we now must say goodbye
Eb F
We've lost our good old mama
C C7 F
And must have whiskey, oh, you now why.....Yeah!
[Verse 2]
Am
Well, show me the way to the next little girl
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
Am
Show me the way to the next little girl
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
F#m D7
Oh, don't ask why
Am
For if we don't find the next little girl
F#m D7
I tell you we must die
F#m D7
I tell you we must die
F#m D7
I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die
[Instrumental]
(Play the same chords as for the 1st chorus)
[Chorus 2]
F E
Oh, moon of Alabama we now must say goodbye
Eb F
We've lost our good old mama
C C7 F
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why!