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Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Sweet Home Alabama quick summary
- Recording: “Sweet Home Alabama” is credited to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- Released: Jun 5, 2000 on “Then and Now”.
- Length: The recording runs 7:03.
- Genre: Filed under Pop.
- Lyrics: This page has 43 lyric lines and 50 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant.
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Who performs “Sweet Home Alabama”?
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Sweet Home Alabama lyrics by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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0:00One, two, three
0:03♪
0:06Turn it up
0:08♪
0:23Big wheels keep on turning
0:28Carry me home to see my kin
0:33Singing songs about the southland
0:38I miss Alabamy once again
0:40And I think it's a sin, yes
0:43♪
0:52Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her
0:57Well, I heard old Neil put her down
1:02Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
1:07A Southern man don't need him around anyhow
1:12Sweet home Alabama
1:17Where the skies are so blue
1:22Sweet home Alabama
1:27Lord, I'm coming home to you
1:30♪
1:41In Birmingham they love the governor (boo! Boo! Boo!)
1:46Now we all did what we could do
1:51Now Watergate does not bother me
1:56Does your conscience bother you?
1:59Tell the truth
2:01Sweet home Alabama
2:06Where the skies are so blue
2:11Sweet home Alabama
2:16Lord, I'm coming home to you
2:18Here I come, Alabama
2:21♪
2:40(Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
2:44(Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
2:49(Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
2:54(Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
3:00♪
3:10Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
3:15And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes, they do)
3:20Lord, they get me off so much
3:24They pick me up when I'm feeling blue
3:27Now how 'bout you?
3:29Sweet home Alabama
3:34Where the skies are so blue
3:39Sweet home Alabama
3:44Lord, I'm coming home to you
3:49Sweet home Alabama (oh, sweet home, baby)
3:54Where the skies are so blue and the governor's true
3:59Sweet home Alabama (Lordy)
4:04Lord, I'm coming home to you (yeah, yeah)
4:10Mont-Montgomery's got the answer
4:13♪
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Sweet Home Alabama song profile
The stored record for “Sweet Home Alabama” credits Lynyrd Skynyrd and connects the lyric timeline with release and chart metadata. Continue with more Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics and songs, or compare this recording with other Pop song lyrics.
- Jun 5, 2000Released
- 7:03Length
- 43Lyric lines
- 50Timed cues
- 253sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
- 50 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
- Recording identified by ISRC GBAJE0419218
Full recording & lyric breakdown
Release record
The release record places this version on “Then and Now.” The earliest source-linked release date stored for this version is 2000-06-05. The duration attached to the recording is 7:03. The available writing credit lists Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant. Its recording identifier is GBAJE0419218.
Lyric structure
This transcription is organized into 11 text sections with 43 readable lines. This edition carries 50 timed lyric cues spanning about 253 seconds. AskLyrics detected 4 recurring line patterns and keeps each return in its recorded order. The YouTube player reads those timestamps continuously, while the saved offset aligns video time with the matched recording.
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The matched lyric entry names “Sweet Home Alabama” and credits Lynyrd Skynyrd. The synchronization check found 50 ordered lyric timestamps. The follow-along player requires this reviewed video-and-timestamp pairing.
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- Album / release
- Then and Now
- Released
- 2000-06-05
- Length
- 7:03
- Written by
- Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
- ISRC
- GBAJE0419218
- Recording source
- MusicBrainz record ↗
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