Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
ALABAMA '69
As recorded by Humble Pie
(From the 1969 Album AS SAFE AS YESTERDAY IS)
Intro:
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Yep, this one's called "Alabama 69"
Verse 1:
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I come from Alabama and I work a ten pound hammer
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And my woman's picking cotton for the boss man on the hill
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They work us till they break our back
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Beat us cos our skin is black
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I guess I'll have to slave till the whip is in the grave
Chorus:
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Yeah, when will we be free
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I wanna walk down any road
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And feel I have my liberty
Verse 2:
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Well, from day to day I live to die
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The scars across my back don't lie
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Ain't there anyone out there
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To hear my freedom cry
Harmonica Solo:
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Verse 3:
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Well, I believe a man's a man who earns his pay as best he can
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The color of his skin don't mean he ain't just like you
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Yeah, but white folk here don't give a hell
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They think that we were born to smell
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Of sweat and dust and dirt
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Or plough until we die
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Hallelujah, let me hear you now
Chorus:
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When will we be free
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I wanna walk down any road
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And feel I have my liberty
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These shoes I'm wearing every day
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Got holes the size of Frisco Bay
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I'm praying for the time
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When there will come a judgment day
Harmonica Solo:
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Let me play you some lead here
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Ooh, ooh
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Verse 4:
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Well, we all know how long it is since Lincoln made those promises
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That one day we would walk along the white side of the street
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Now, but there were some bad folk around
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That got so riled they shot him down
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And there ain't a cop in town
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Who wouldn't do the same for me
Out-Chorus:
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Yeah, now, when will we be free
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I wanna walk down any road
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And feel I have my liberty
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Well, now, now
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When will we be free
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Yeah, yeah
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When will we be free
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Ooh, yeah
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When will we be free
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Well, now, now
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When will we be free
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Well, now, now, now, now
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When will we be free
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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When will we be free