Alabama Song
Brecht, Weill / the Doors: the Doors (1967)
| Am | F#m | D7 | F#m | D7 | |
| Well, | show me the way To the next whiskey bar - | Oh, don't ask | why; | Oh, don't ask | why! |
| Am | F#m | D7 | F#m | D7 | |
| Show me the way To the next whiskey bar - | Oh, don't ask | why; | Oh, don't ask | why! |
| Am | F#m | D7 | |
| For if we don't find The next whiskey bar; | I tell you we must | die, |
| F#m | D7 | F#m | D7 | |
| I tell you we must | die - | I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must | die! |
| F | B | |
| Oh, moon of Alabama, We now must say | goodbye. |
| G | Gm | C | C7 | F | |
| We've | lost our good old | mama | And must have | whiskey, oh, you know | why. |
| F | E | |
| Oh, | moon of Alabama, We now must say | goodbye. |
| Eb | F | C | C7 | F | |
| We've | lost our good old | mama | And must have | whiskey, oh, you now | why! - Yeah |
| Show me the way to the next pretty girl - Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why |
| Show me the way to the next pretty girl - Oh don't ask why, oh, don't ask why |
| For if we don't find the next pretty 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. |
| F | B | G | Gm | C | C7 | F | ||||||||
| Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye |
| We've lost our good old mama - And must have whiskey, oh, you now why - Yeah! |
| Show me the way to the next little dollar - Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why |
| Show me the way to the next little dollar - Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why |
| For if we don't find the next little dollar -I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die, |
| I tell you - I tell you - I tell you we must die. |
| F | B | G | Gm | C | C7 | F | ||||||||
| Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye |
| We've lost our good old mama - And must have whiskey, oh, you now why - Yeah! |