Alabama Boy chords by Alice Peacock

Intro:
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Verse:

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You look kinda like Jesus in those Italian paintings

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You seem so familiar, maybe that's why

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You're accustomed to sorrow, it's part of your make-up

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You speak the language of hunger, so do I

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Where was your God? Where was your mother?

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And where is the honour in hurting a child?

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Your blood on his hands, his voice like thunder

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You won't give him the pleasure of seeing you cry

Chorus:

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Alabama boy, in-side a man

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Living your life the best that you can

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With a childhood full of 'not enough'

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Well, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

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When you're in the room, it's there on your face

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It's so clear to me that you're walking in Grace

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And I'm always amazed at the things that you do

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You illuminate me and those around you

Chorus:

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Alabama boy, in-side a man

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Living your life the best that you can

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With a childhood full of 'not enough'

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Well, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

Bridge:

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

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We were forged in the same holy fire

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And those far away eyes, filled with sadness and joy

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Contradiction, benediction

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Alabama boy, yeah, yeah

Verse:

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There's a raft on the river, it's sacred water

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Sparkling beneath a southern sky

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Little Boy Blue, part Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

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Floating away with a dream in your eye

Chorus:

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Alabama boy, in-side a man

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Living your life the best that you can

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With a childhood full of 'not enough'

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Well, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

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Yeah, you could've chose hate, but you chose love

Outro:
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