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ALABAMA '69
As recorded by Humble Pie
(From the 1969 Album AS SAFE AS YESTERDAY IS)

Intro:
Chord diagramE MajorE
Yep, this one's called "Alabama 69"

Verse 1:
Chord diagramE MajorE                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
I come from Alabama and I work a ten pound hammer
    Chord diagramE MajorE                                                 Chord diagramBB
And my woman's picking cotton for the boss man on the hill
     Chord diagramE MajorE
They work us till they break our back
Chord diagramA augmentedA
Beat us cos our skin is black
  Chord diagramE MajorE                                 Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE MajorE
I guess I'll have to slave till the whip is in the grave

Chorus:
      Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
Yeah, when will we be free
        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
I wanna walk down any road
                       Chord diagramBB
And feel I have my liberty

Verse 2:
Chord diagramE MajorE
Well, from day to day I live to die
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
The scars across my back don't lie
Chord diagramE MajorE
Ain't there anyone out there
   Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramE MajorE
To hear my freedom cry

Harmonica Solo:
Chord diagramE MajorE

Verse 3:
Chord diagramE MajorE                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Well, I believe a man's a man who earns his pay as best he can
    Chord diagramE MajorE                                               Chord diagramBB
The color of his skin don't mean he ain't just like you
          Chord diagramE MajorE
Yeah, but white folk here don't give a hell
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
They think that we were born to smell
   Chord diagramE MajorE
Of sweat and dust and dirt
   Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramE MajorE
Or plough until we die
                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hallelujah, let me hear you now

Chorus:
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free
        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
I wanna walk down any road
                        Chord diagramBB
And feel I have my liberty
      Chord diagramE MajorE
These shoes I'm wearing every day
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Got holes the size of Frisco Bay
    Chord diagramE MajorE
I'm praying for the time
                Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramE MajorE
When there will come a judgment day

Harmonica Solo:
Chord diagramE MajorE
Let me play you some lead here
Chord diagramE MajorE
Ooh, ooh
Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE

Verse 4:
Chord diagramE MajorE                                      Chord diagramA augmentedA
Well, we all know how long it is since Lincoln made those promises
         Chord diagramE MajorE                                             Chord diagramBB
That one day we would walk along the white side of the street
         Chord diagramE MajorE
Now, but there were some bad folk around
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
That got so riled they shot him down
    Chord diagramE MajorE
And there ain't a cop in town
             Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramE MajorE
Who wouldn't do the same for me

Out-Chorus:
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramE MajorE
Yeah, now, when will we be free
        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
I wanna walk down any road
                        Chord diagramBB
And feel I have my liberty
Chord diagramBB
Well, now, now
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free
          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Yeah, yeah
                Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free
          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ooh, yeah
                Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free
               Chord diagramA augmentedA
Well, now, now
                Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free
                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Well, now, now, now, now
                Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free
             Chord diagramA augmentedA   N.C.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
When will we be free

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