Sweet Home Alabama (Ronnie Van Zandt & Ed King) as performed by Lynyrd
Skynyrd
1974 MCA Records Inc. MCA-40258(MC 2685) produced by Al Kooper
>From the MCA LP "Second Helping" MCA-413
the basic riff is as follows
q q h q q h q q h q q h
G-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A---5---5---r-------|---3---3---r-------|-------------------|----------3--------|
E-------------------|-------------------|---3---3---r-------|---3---3-----------|
which becomes
q q h q q h q q h e e e e q
q
G-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------0h2-0-------|
A---5---5---r-------|---3---3---r-------|-------------------|---0h2---------2---|
E-------------------|-------------------|---3---3---r-------|-------------------|
those two riffs alternate in the verse.
this riff follows the first verse and comes a couple times afterwards
q q e e q e e q q q q q h q q h
G-------------------|-------5---5---r---|-------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|---5h7-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A---5---5-----5-5---|-------------------|-----------5-------|-----------5-------|
E-----------5-------|-------------------|---3---3-----------|---3---3-----------|
this is played during the chorus
q q e e q q q e e q q q q q q q q
q
G-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-----------7-------|-----------5-------|-----------2---2---|---3---3---2-------|
A---5---5-----5-r---|---3---3-----3-r---|-------------------|---------------3/--|
E-------------------|-------------------|---3---3-----------|-------------------|
slide the last note into the first note
these riffs are mixed up throughout the song but they are basically the
same so have yourself
some fun with this song.
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