Alabama Boy chords by Alice Peacock

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
FF C majorC G+G

Verse:

     FF     C majorC     G+G      C majorC
You look kinda like Jesus in those Italian paintings

  FF     C majorC    G+G
You seem so familiar, maybe that's why

     FF      C majorC      G+G      C majorC
You're accustomed to sorrow, it's part of your make-up

       FF      C majorC   G+G   C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
You speak the language of hunger, so do I

Verse:

FF       C majorC  G+G       C majorC
Where was your God? Where was your mother?

  FF      C majorC     G+G
And where is the honour in hurting a child?

   FF      C majorC     G+G      C majorC
Your blood on his hands, his voice like thunder

     FF      C majorC      G+G     C majorC
You won't give him the pleasure of seeing you cry

Chorus:

  FF  C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Alabama boy, in-side a man

FF      C majorC    G+G
Living your life the best that you can

    FF     C majorC   G+G   A minorAm
With a childhood full of 'not enough'

G+G    FF        C majorC      G+G   C majorC   FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Well, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

Verse:

   FF       C majorC     G+G       C majorC
When you're in the room, it's there on your face

   FF      C majorC       G+G
It's so clear to me that you're walking in Grace

    FF    C majorC      G+G        C majorC
And I'm always amazed at the things that you do

   FF    C majorC   G+G      C majorC
You illuminate me and those around you

Chorus:

  FF  C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Alabama boy, in-side a man

FF      C majorC    G+G
Living your life the best that you can

    FF     C majorC   G+G   A minorAm
With a childhood full of 'not enough'

G+G    FF        C majorC      G+G   C majorC
Well, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

Bridge:

   G7G7              C majorC
And I don't even know you, but I've known you forever

    FF         G+G
We were forged in the same holy fire

                   C majorC
And those far away eyes, filled with sadness and joy

   FF
Contradiction, benediction

  C majorC      FF  C majorC   G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Alabama boy, yeah, yeah

Verse:

     FF      C majorC     G+G    C majorC
There's a raft on the river, it's sacred water

FF      C majorC    G+G
Sparkling beneath a southern sky

FF     C majorC        G+G      C majorC
Little Boy Blue, part Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

FF     C majorC     G+G       C majorC
Floating away with a dream in your eye

Chorus:

  FF  C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Alabama boy, in-side a man

FF      C majorC    G+G
Living your life the best that you can

    FF     C majorC   G+G   A minorAm
With a childhood full of 'not enough'

G+G    FF        C majorC      G+G   FF
Well, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

             C majorC      G+G   C majorC
Yeah, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

Outro:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC