Pride Of Alabama
Yonder Mountain String Band
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E|------------------------------- B|--3-0----------0-1-3-3-3-0-3/5- G|------0-0-0-2------------------ D|------------------------------- A|------------------------------- E|------------------------------- E|--------0--| B|5-5\3-1-1--| G|--------0--| D|--------2--| A|--------3--| E|-----------|[Verse 1]G Dixie was the pride of AlabamaG I met her on a lonesome midnightC trainD G Rollin' slowly out of Union StationG She was staring out the window atD the rain [Verse 2]G Well Dixie was from sunny AlabamaG Those old steel rails would roll toC BirminghamD G Mobile, her final destinationG I looked down at the ticket in herD hand [Chorus]C D Southbound train it ain't you IG know that done her wrongC D Say again that you seen it comingG all alongG All that she knew those sweetC memories it's trueG D Dixie darling caught herG southbound trainContinues after the ad[Verse 3]G Dixie asked if I'd been to AlabamaG Her voice was thick like some oldC southern nightD And maybe for the sake ofG conversationG D I said back in '88 or '89 [Verse 4]G She said her daddy's fields were full of cottonG By the river that she swam in as aC childD Lord she loved those sweet magnoliaG blossomsG And that good ol' HoneysuckleD growing wild [Chorus]C D Southbound train it ain't you IG know that done her wrongC D Say again that you seen it comingG all alongG All that she knew those sweetC memories it's trueG D Dixie darling caught herG southbound train [Verse 5]G Dixie told me how she got to DenverG A southern gal who coudn't standC the coldD She fell in love and left MobileG forsakenG D Mistaken for a dusty pot of gold [Verse 6]G Dixie let the pieces fall togetherG And painted up this picture in myC mindD G Mobile, Alabama was a-callin' her backG D And the Pride of Alabama was on time [Chorus]C D Southbound train it ain't you IG know that done her wrongC D Say again that you seen it comingG all alongG All that she knew those sweetC memories it's trueG D Dixie darling caught herG southbound train