C      A7 
Well I went to a turkey roast down the street 

The people down there eat like wild geese 
          D7            G7         C 
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam  

     A7 
Talk about your people have a whale of a time 

Eating up chicken and drinking their wine   
          D7            G7         C 
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam  

    A7 
Now some folks say that a tramp won't steal 

But I caught three in my corn field   
          D7            G7         C 
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam  

    A7 
One had a bushel and the other had a peck 

One had a roasting ear tied around his neck   
          D7            G7         C 
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam  

      A7 
There comes Sal walking down the street 

With a run down shoes tied on her feet 
             D7                     G7 
Good Morning honey stand over there baby 
               C 
Get over there now  

      A7 
Hello Sal I know you 

With a run down slipper and a tore up shoe   
          D7            G7         C 
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam  

     A7 
When I get ready to leave this earth 

I'm gonna look back on my money's worth   
          D7            G7         C 
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam  
          G7         C 
I'm going back to Alabam