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[Verse]
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It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
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Caught somewhere between a boy and man
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She was 17 and she was far from in between
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It was summertime in Northern Michigan

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire
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It's the simple things in life like when and where
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We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget
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The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

[Chorus]
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And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
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Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
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Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long

[Verse]
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Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks
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She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
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We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come
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To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll

[Chorus]
            D                C                  G
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
       D               C                    G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
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Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long

[Solo]

[Verse]
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Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
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Oh how we thought those days would never end
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Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along
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And think man I'd like to see that girl again

[Chorus]
            D                C                  G
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
       D               C                    G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
        D              C          G
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
        D             C        G            D  C  G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
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Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long

            D                C                  G
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
       D               C                    G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
        D              C          G
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
        D             C        G            D  C  G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
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Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long