Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:07:56 +0500 (IST)
From: Rohit Bapat <rohitb@giasbma.vsnl.net.in>
Subject: d/doors/alabama_song.crd

                                     "Alabama Song"
                                      (Weil/Brecht)
                                      
                                      as performed by the Doors..

Album: The Doors

Transcribed by: me!

Email: Piper707@hotmail.com or/ above address.

Note: In place of the D7, you could even use a D.


Intro: Keep strumming Am several times. 
      
    Am
Well, show me the way To the next whiskey bar 
F#m            D7
Oh, don't ask why
F#m            D7 
Oh, don't ask why
Am
Show me the way To the next whiskey bar
F#m            D7 
Oh, don't ask why
F#m            D7 
Oh, don't ask why 
Am
For if we don't find The next whiskey bar,
F#m                D7
I tell you we must die
F#m                D7 
I tell you we must die
F#m                                        D7 (or is it a C?)
I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die 

(drop-down organ riff)

Chorus #1:

F                                       B
Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye 
      G                 Gm    C        
We've lost our good old mama And must
      C7                   F
have whiskey, oh, you now why

Chorus #2:
 
    F                               E
Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye
       Eb               F     
We've lost our good old mama  
C            C7                    F
And must have whiskey, oh, you now why.....Yeah!

(Get the idea?? :O) well, keep going the same way)


Well, show me the way To the next little girl 
Oh, don't ask why 
Oh, don't ask why
Show me the way To the next little girl 
Oh, don't ask why 
Oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find The next little girl 
I tell you we must die 
I tell you we must die 
I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die 

*Instrumental Break* (Play the same chords as for the 1st chorus)

Chorus #2:

Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye 
We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey, oh, you now why

****************corrections/improvements welcome!!!****************