Lyrics

'Bama Hayride
T. Edwin Doss
Copyr. 2004
G C G
When I was a boy growin' up in Alabama
Daddy worked a job with a nine pound 'hamma
C
Ever' now 'n then when his work was done
G D G
He'd hitch up the wagon, we'd have some fun
G C G Called all the neighbors and the kids we could find
G D G
Cut a watermelon took homemade wine
G C
Mama 'brung biscuits 'n chicken she fried
G D G
Got 'everthang ready for the 'Bama Hayride
C
'Bama hayride, resin' up the bow
G
Sister played fiddle through the tall cornrows
Em D C
Hounds would howl when we sang a tune
G (Stop) D G
I kissed a 'purdy girl underneath the full moon
C
Daddy loved Mama, I saw it in their eyes
G
Love was alive with a million fireflies
Em D C 'Lotta sweet 'memries of Southern pride
G D G
When daddy took us all on a 'Bama Hayride
G C G When you 'gotta go places far from home
G D G
Sweet things bring you back no matter where you roam
G C
Like the green-eyed girl by my side
G D G
She was a barefoot beauty on a 'Bama Hayride

Chorus (LEAD RIDE)

(bridge)

Em (hold) C (hold) Choccolocco Creek, and the bridge by the mill
G (hold)
Coldwater Mountain, over the hill
Em A7 Grandma waitin' with sweet iced tea
Am D7 No other place I'd rather be

Chorus