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Sweet Home Alabama Bass
Version #1
Lynyrd Skynyrd


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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

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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