Alabama Pines — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Chords and lyrics for Alabama Pines by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (key of C).
Intro
[C]
Verse 1
[C]Well I moved into this room, if you could call it that, a week [C/B]ago.
[Am]I never do what I'm supposed to do.
I hardly [Am7/G]even know my name [Fmaj7]anymore.
When no one calls it out, it kinda [C]vanishes away.
[C]I can't get to sleep at night. The parking lot's so loud and [C/B]bright.
The [Am]a/c hasn't worked in twenty years.
Probably never [Am7/G]made a [Fmaj7]single person cold,
but I can't say the same for me. I've [C]done it many times.
Chorus
Somebody [C/B]take me [Am]home through [Am7/G]those [Fmaj7]Alabama pines.[C]
Verse 2
[C]You can't drive through Talladega on a weekend in [C/B]October.
[Am]Head up north to Jacksonville. Cut around and [Am7/G]over.
Watch [Fmaj7]your speed in Boiling Springs.
They ain't got a thing to do. They'll [C]get you every time.
Chorus
Somebody [C/B]take me [Am]home through [Am7/G]those [Fmaj7]Alabama [C]pines.
Somebody [C/B]take me [Am]home through [Am7/G]those [Fmaj7]Alabama [C]pines.
[C]Ohh [C/B]Ohhh [Am]Ohhh [Am7/G]Ohhh [Fmaj7]Ohhh
[C]Ohh [C/B]Ohhh [Am]Ohhh [Am7/G]Ohhh [Fmaj7]Ohhh
Verse 3
If we [C]pass through on a Sunday, better make a stop at [C/B]Wayne's.
It's the [Am]only open liquor store north, and I [Am7/G]can't stand the pain
[Fmaj7]of being by myself without a little help
on a [C]Sunday afternoon.
[C]I needed that damn woman like a dream needs gasoline.[C/B]
[Am]I tried to be some ancient kind of man,
one that's never [Am7/G]seen the [Fmaj7]beauty in the world,
but I tried to chase it down... tried to [C]make the whole thing mine.
Chorus
Somebody [C/B]take me [Am]home through [Am7/G]those [Fmaj7]Alabama [C]pines.
Somebody [C/B]take me [Am]home through [Am7/G]those [Fmaj7]Alabama [C]pines.
[C]Ohh [C/B]Ohhh [Am]Ohhh [Am7/G]Ohhh [Fmaj7]Ohhh
[C]Ohh [C/B]Ohhh [Am]Ohhh [Am7/G]Ohhh [Fmaj7]Ohhh
Verse 4
I've been [C]stuck here in this town, if you could call it that, a [C/B]year or
two.
[Am]I never do what I'm supposed to do.
I don't even [Am7/G]need a name [Fmaj7]anymore.
When no one calls it out, it kinda [C]vanishes away.
[C]No one gives a damn about the things I give a damn [C/B]about.
[Am]The liberties that we can't do without seem to [Am7/G]disappear
like [Fmaj7]ghosts in the air.
When we don't even care, it truly [C]vanishes away.
Chords used:
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