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[Verse 1]
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One night I went to town
D A
And met a girl from Alabama
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In her eyes I saw the sadness she had seen in life
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I found out she had spent some wasted years in Chicago
A G
She had known a hundred men or more
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But never as a wife
[Chorus]
A
She was going home
D A
To start her life again in Alabama
A
Where she had been
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And why God only knows
A
But I loved that girl
D A
And begged her just to stay with me in Nashville
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And I called that girl my Alabama Rose
[Verse 2]
A G
The days turned into weeks
D A
And I was sure she'd learned to love me
A G
But sometimes late at night
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I'd wake and listen to her cry
A G
The sun came up one morning
D A
And my rose was not beside me
A
I got that feeling
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Like you want to die
[Chorus]
A D A
Now I wonder if she ever made it back to Alabama
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Where she is and why God only knows
A D A
But she must know no matter where she goes
A
My dreams go with her
G D A
'Cause I still love my Alabama Rose
G D A
God knows I love my Alabama Rose
