Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd · D C G · No capo

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Intro
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Verse
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Chorus
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Verse
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Chorus
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End
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Let it ring
98BPMSong tempo

Sweet Home Alabama chords

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd uses 3 chords: D, C, G. No capo needed. The song tempo is 98 BPM.

Strum pattern

Down, down, down up, down up.

Simplified: plain C in place of Cadd9. D and C share half a bar each.

How it goes

  1. IntroD CGD CG
  2. VerseD CGD CGD CGD CG
  3. ChorusD CGD CGD CGD CG
  4. VerseD CGD CGD CGD CG
  5. ChorusD CGD CGD CGD CG
  6. EndD, let it ring

Practice the hard parts

Drill a change or the strum on its own, then come back to the song.

More songs with these chords

This is our own simplified chart for practice: chords, strum pattern and song parts. It has no lyrics, melody or recording. If you hold rights to this song and want it changed or removed, contact us. Guitar sound: MusyngKite soundfont by Benjamin Gleitzman, CC BY-SA 3.0.