ALABAM'
Recorded by Cowboy Copas (1960)
Writer: Lloyd “Cowboy”  Copas
Recorded in “A”


INTRO: RIFF INSTRUMENTAL
(start with the walk-down notes C- B- Bb  to chords)
A   - A   -  D  -  G  - C  -A 
  

Well, I (A) went to a turkey roast down the street
The people down there eat like wild geese

REFRAIN
I'm on my (D) way, I'm goin' (G7) back - to Ala-(C) bam'. 

(A) Talk about yer people have a whale of a time
Eatin' up chicken' and drinkin' their wine

REFRAIN
I'm on my (D) way, I'm goin' (G7) back - to Ala-(C) bam'.
 

INTRO: RIFF INSTRUMENTAL
(start with walkdown notes C- B- Bb  to chords)
A   - A   -  D  -  G  - C  -A   


(A) Now some folks say that a tramp won't steal
But I caught three in my corn field

REFRAIN
I'm on my (D) way, I'm goin' (G7) back - to Ala-(C) bam'
 

(A) One had a bushel and the other had a peck
One had a roast'n' ear tied around his neck;

REFRAIN
I'm on my (D) way, I'm goin' (G7) back - to Ala-(C) bam'.
 

INTRO: RIFF INSTRUMENTAL
(start with walkdown notes C- B- Bb  to chords)
A   - A   -  D  -  G  - C  -A   



(A) There comes Sal walkin' down the street
With the run down shoes tied on her feet;

REFRAIN 2
Good Mornin', (D) honey, stand over there, (G7) baby
Get over there, (C) now. 

(A) Hello Sal, I know you
With a run down slipper and a tore up shoe 

REFRAIN
I'm on my (D) way, I'm goin' (G7) back - to Ala-(C) bam'. 


INTRO: RIFF INSTRUMENTAL
(start with walkdown notes C- B- Bb  to chords)
A   - A   -  D  -  G  - C  -A   


(A) When I get ready to leave this earth
I'm gonna look on my money's worth;

REFRAIN

I'm on my (D) way, I'm goin' (G7) back - to Ala-(C) bam'. 

TAGG

I'm goin' (G7) back to Ala-(C) bam'!


 
NEMO NOTE:
As a tribute ,Cowboy Copas died in a plane crash with singers
Patsy Cline , Hawkshaw Hawkins ,and Randy Hughes in 1963.