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Jimmy Buffett - Stars Fell On Alabama (Chord)
Album: Coconut Telegraph (1981)
Submitter: Rondo Fondu (29) on 1/12/04 1 comment
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Stars Fell On a Alabama 

By Mitchell Parish & Frank Perkins
Performed by Jimmy Buffett
 

Mo(Dm7)onlight and magn(Fo7)olias
sta(C)rlight in your h(C#07)air
Al(Dm7)l the world a d(G7)ream come tr(C)ue
(C#o7)Di(Dm7)d it really h(Fo7)appen
w(C/G)as I really th(Am7)ere
W(D7)as I really there with y(G)ou

(C)We li(C#o7)ved our little d(D7)rama
(G7+5)we kis(C)sed in a field of wh(Cmaj7)ite
A(C#o7)nd st(Dm7)ars fell on Alab(C6)ama 
t(G7+5)hat ni(Em7)ght

(A13)        (Dm7)        (G13)      (G7+5)

(C)I c(C#o7)an't forget the gl(D7)amour(G7+5)
your e(C)yes held a tender li(Cmaj7)ght
(C#o7)And st(Dm7)ars fell on Ala(G6)bama(G7+5)
last ni(C)ght
 (F)     (C)

Chorus: 
(C)I never(Fmaj7) planned 
in (G)my imag(Cmaj7)ination
(C#o7) a situa(Dm7)tion (G)so heave(C)nly
A fairy(Fmaj7)land 
that (G)no one else could e(Am)nter
(C+/G#)And in the ce(B7)nter
just you and m(E7)e
d(G)ear my (C)heart 
(C#o7)beat like a ha(D7)mmer
(G7+5) my a(C)rms wound around you t(Cmaj7)ight
(C#o7)And st(Dm7)ars fell on Al(C6)abama 
(G7+5)last nig(C)ht

--Spoken:
"Alright, let's take it on down from Mussell Shoals through Decatur"
"Mmmm, Birmingham, ooh Montgomery"
"Right up over Spanish Fort into Mobile, my hometown"
"Mister T..."

Harmonica solo

Repeat chorus

--Spoken:
"One more time boys..."

Yes, (C)we (C#o7)lived our little dr(D7)ama
(G7+5)We ki(C)ssed on the dunes so w(Cmaj7)hite
(C#o7)And st(Dm7)ars fell on Ala(G13)bama
Last n(Cmaj9)ight


 
Chord Diagrams:

Note:The "o" found in the chords is for the
     degree symbol-

       Fo7                C#o7              G7+5
   3rd                3rd                3rd
 E|---|-X-|---|---  E|-X-|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---
 B|-X-|---|---|---  B|---|---|-X-|---  B|---|-X-|---|---
 G|---|-X-|---|---  G|-X-|---|---|---  G|---|-X-|---|---
 D|-X-|---|---|---  D|---|---|---|---  D|-X-|---|---|---
 A|---|---|---|---  A|---|-X-|---|---  A|---|---|---|---
 E|---|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---  E|-X-|---|---|---

        A13                 G13                G6
 E|---|-X-|---|---  E|---|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---
 B|---|-X-|---|---  B|---|---|---|---  B|---|---|---|---
 G|---|---|---|---  G|---|---|---|---  G|---|---|---|---
 D|---|-X-|---|---  D|---|---|-X-|---  D|---|---|---|---
 A|---|---|---|---  A|---|---|---|---  A|---|---|---|---
 E|---|---|---|---  E|---|---|-X-|---  E|---|---|-X-|---

        C+/G#
   4th                     Cmaj9             Fmaj7
 E|---|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---
 B|---|-X-|---|---  B|---|---|-X-|---  B|-X-|---|---|---
 G|---|-X-|---|---  G|---|---|---|-X-  G|---|-X-|---|---
 D|---|---|-X-|---  D|---|-X-|---|---  D|---|-X-|---|---
 A|---|---|---|---  A|---|---|-X-|---  A|---|---|---|---
 E|-X-|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---  E|-X-|---|---|---





 
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the "o" should not indicate a degree symbol, but rather indicate that the chord is diminished.
-rlwiggin | 10/21/2005
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